Digital Transformation

Virtual events aren’t new, their massive and sudden proliferation during the pandemic has provided a global laboratory for understanding and solving their challenges & flexing their unique advantages.

Target stood out as a leader among competitors in 2020, during a year in which the entire retail industry was plagued by uncertainty and unforeseen challenges. Here’s how Target’s technology team navigated and innovated this year, and served as an invisible backbone for the company’s operations under extreme demands.

Digital transformation is less about technology than it is about people coming together across an organization to use digital processes to deliver high-value impact, such as a faster time-to-market or better customer experience.

Transforming data practices isn’t as exciting as launching a new brand. One thing we’ve learned during these last few months of socially distant working is that physical distance has nothing to do with the success of a team.

Like everyone else, members of corporate boards have had to innovate quickly due to COVID-19. A once-in-a-generation economic shock has put vital strategic decisions on the table without the luxury of in-person meetings.

We asked more than a dozen governance experts and directors about what's been working for them these last few months, and drew on our own experience coaching this transformation from traditional to remote meetings. Here's your go-to plan for setting up and leading a successful virtual board meeting.

“We weren’t even making hand sanitizers in the U.S. in early 2020. Leveraging our Suave brand, we went from idea to market in 6 weeks in 7 formats - amazingly we were out of stock in less than 1 day. While that is typically unheard of, our consumers are looking for us to respond to their needs as quick as possible, so we need to move fast and work differently.

When you show up to a meeting, show up. Not with your phone, not checking your email, with your full, undivided attention. You own the meeting you're in. Therefore, have the courage, have the leadership, even when you're not the leader of the room

Watch Keith discuss people's behavioral changes of their culture toward the digital transformation and how to put your behavior change plans together.

Competition among the most innovative companies is growing ever more heated for one of the most highly-coveted resources on the market: talented employees.

If you want to transform your life, you need the help of others -- powerful relationships with people who give you support and access, and push you to exceed your potential.