Digital transformation: Corporate culture is one of the biggest hurdles

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Cultural issues are the biggest obstacle to organisations’ digital transformation 

Corporate culture is one of the biggest hurdles in the journey to becoming a digital organisation, as cited by 62 per cent respondents to a survey by global consulting, technology and outsourcing services company Capgemini and leading digital analyst Brian Solis. As a result, companies risk falling behind competition in today’s digital environment, mentioned the survey in its report titled “The Digital Culture Challenge; Bridging the Employee-Leadership Disconnect”. There is a profound disconnect between leadership and employees on all the dimensions of digital culture: innovation is still not a reality