It is a question asked time and again by business leaders: Why do so many digital transformation efforts fail?

Leaders in organizations across the private and public sector now widely accept that digital transformation is imperative to maintain relevancy and stay competitive in the new economy. Yet recent research by Harvard Business Review shows that 80% of business leaders say their digital transformation efforts are ineffective.

The reasons for failure are as expansive as the topic of digital transformation itself and include:

• Institutional complacency.
• A lack of executive buy-in and proactive sponsorship.
• Competing ideas of success.
• Poor communication surrounding the initiative.
• Declaring victory too soon.
• Inability to scale digital innovation beyond pilot projects.

While any combination of these factors can lead to an unsuccessful initiative, there is a deeper and more subtle dynamic at play that often gets overlooked: the failure to recognize large organizations for what they are—a complex sociotechnical system.

However there is a way forward….

In this e-book, the experts at Red Hat explore how open transformation—the process of probing, sensing, and responding in a collaborative, continuous cycle of discovery and delivery—leads to more meaningful outcomes in software development, product innovation, and more.

DOWNLOAD this ebook and gain tangible insight into:

• Common ideological fallacies that can derail digital transformation
• How to increase the likelihood of digital transformation success by embracing a hypothesis-driven, experimental approach 
• Why open practices and the Mobius loop yield better business outcomes
• The five culture components of an open organization
• A new framework for driving innovation and transformation within a complex sociotechnical system 
• Real-world. digital transformation success stories from Airbus and ANZ Bank New Zealand