Podcast #43: Managing Expectations: Even More Important Than Execution

This is the first episode of our Digital Leadership Series, which highlights the insights of digital transformation leaders in industry. Our first guest is Guido Jouret, the Chief Digital Officer of ABB, who was also a previous guest on our Edge podcast.  

The Digital Leadership Series focuses on relevant lessons, principles and insights garnered from the experience of leaders in the market. Our conversation with Guido Jouret explored a range of topics including: 

• What does digital transformation mean? 
• How to asses where change is occurring external to the organization, and how best to map impact on the business, the organization and the market;  
• How to asses with which customer journeys matter most to the company;  
• How to effectively organize sponsorship and leadership;  
• Best practices in implementing an iterative approach to improvement;  
• How to evaluate and challenge ideas;  
• How to ensure effective collaboration between IT and the rest of the organization; 
• How to manage resistance and/or risks related to the existing business;  
• Common mistakes organizations make early in the process of launching digital initiatives.  

Our conversation explored Guido Jouret’s core principles around digital transformation, best practices for implementation as well as key lessons as they have applied in his career. Notably, we explore the implications of how the coming transition in transportation from internal combustion engines to self-driving electric powered transportation has implications all across the value chain.  

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