{"id":7322,"date":"2022-07-04T16:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T16:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxygentechnologies.ca\/?p=7322"},"modified":"2022-07-04T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T16:30:51","slug":"welcome-to-dx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxygentechnologies.ca\/2022\/07\/04\/welcome-to-dx\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to DX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/726768309\/a7e32341f3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>For the next several weeks I\u2019m going to talk about Digital Transformation<\/strong>, trying to shake some of the fog that, what seems to be a marketing term, can be created with the multiple definitions and descriptions it creates.<\/p>\n<p>At Oxygen, we have implemented Digital Transformation, in fact when we take clients, or prospective clients on tours of our office, we discuss the exact process we took, as we moved from IT Transformation, where we focused on making technology as efficient as possible, to Digital Transformation, were we focused on making technology as Effective as possible. \u00a0I\u2019d like to share a slide from TechData, now TD Synnex, from a presentation that really laid the groundwork for me personally as I tried to reconcile the legitimacy of the concept of Digital Transformation:[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7324&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1656952252942{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]So, as we get ready to kick off this journey, I want to focus on three things as it relates to DX and leave with you a couple nuggets to munch on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Companies and organizations can wind up spending a lot of money trying to turn themselves into digital orchestrators of some new ecosystem, only to fall flat on there face, this creates fear, and hesitation to move.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why It Happens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CEO\u2019s, owners, Executive Directors belive that threats presented by competitors are either existential digital disruptors, or traditional peers \u201cdown the street\u201d requiring them to implement a gigantic model-busting responses, hence a failure to act.\u00a0 A \u201cI\u2019d rather dance with the devil I know\u201d mentality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be incremental, but intentional with your change.\u00a0 Look to fix problems with digital technology, don\u2019t worry, through this journey I will give you examples, but you need to exploit your rich knowledge of your existing data, the data that talks about your clients, operational capabilities, and your talent pool, to start to build a new business model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Digital Transformation isn\u2019t about deciding whether you need an Azure Server vs an AWS, whether you need to buy a server to run a workload, or if your existing infrastructure will support the additional IOPS, this IT Transformation.\u00a0 DX goes beyond this, and we will look at how your business or organization can start to plan for it, and you maybe pleasantly surprised that you have started a DX, and we just need to rationalize it, and plan for future expansion.<\/p>\n<p>My leave behind to you is, when you talk to about budget, do you involve your IT team?\u00a0 When you talk about growth initiatives, or new platforms you are looking to implement, do you involve your IT team?\u00a0 When your marketing team gets together, do you involve your IT Team?\u00a0 These are the first steps in aligning your digital strategy with DX.\u00a0 As the picture above says, Efficiency is doing things right, but Effectiveness is doing the right things.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1643641699488{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6123&#8243; img_size=&#8221;150&#215;79&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5335&#8243; img_size=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7051&#8243; img_size=&#8221;250&#215;62&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_wp_stack_schedule":false},"categories":[117,21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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