Can You Automate Digital Transformation?

I recently attended an event with more than 1,300 delegates from mostly asset-intensive industries and when they were asked how many were involved in digital transformation projects, more than 80% of the room raised their hands. Digital transformation is a key strategic initiative for many organizations, as this Gartner survey highlights. Executives at these organizations realize that digitalization is not an option, but the way to survive and thrive in the years to come. The same Gartner survey explains, "CIOs across most industries are struggling to move from experimentation to scaling their digital business initiatives." I often find that business leaders I talk to are confused about the difference between digitizing and transforming business and processes.