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Proctor & Gamble vice president for IT Tony Saldanha gives you the keys to a successful digital transformation: the right long-term goal and a disciplined execution process for getting there based on the famed airline takeoff checklist. Digital transformation is more imperative than ever. Enterprises must fully transform their entire business model to digital, not just parts of the business. But 70 percent of digital transformations fail. Why? Not because of a lack of technological capability, executive awareness, or CEO support, but because of a lack of direction and discipline. Tony Saldanha says your goal should be to arrive at a state of perpetual digital transformation, where your organization doesn’t just disrupt its competitors but continuously disrupts itself (think Netflix, Amazon, or Google). To get there he outlines a three-phase execution process for digital transformations based on the famous airplane takeoff checklist, which has reduced crashes to one in every 1.2 million flights–a 0.00008 percent failure rate. Using this model, Saldanha shows companies how to get Ready, prepare a solid foundation for your change effort; Accelerate, learn from your experiences and continue to refine your approach; and Sustain the pace of technological innovation over the long haul. Tony Saldanha is president of Transformant, a consulting firm specializing in assisting organizations through digital transformations. During a twenty-seven-year career at Procter & Gamble, he ran both operations and digital transformation for P&G’s famed global business services and IT organization in every region of the world, ending up as Global Shared Services and Information Technology Vice President. He is an advisor to boards and CEOs on digital transformation and a sought-after speaker.
