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George Westerman is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. His research focuses on digital transformation, leadership, and innovation in large organizations.
Known for: Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation, The Six Disciplines of Digital Transformation
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Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation
Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation explores how large traditional companies can harness digital technologies to drive transformation and achieve competitive advantage. Dr...
The Six Disciplines of Digital Transformation
This book presents a structured framework for achieving successful digital transformation across organizations. George Westerman outlines six key disciplines that enable companies to become digital ma...
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Defining Digital Mastery
When we speak of 'digital mastery,' we are describing a distinctive state of organizational maturity—not simply proficiency in adopting technology, but a holistic ability to harness it for business transformation. During our research, we discovered that companies fall into four broad categories depe...
From Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation
The Digital Advantage
One of the most compelling discoveries in our research came from analyzing performance data. Across industries, Digital Masters consistently outperform their peers—not marginally, but dramatically. Companies ranking high on digital mastery show increased revenue generation, higher profitability, and...
From Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation
Discipline 1 – Vision
Every transformation starts with a vision—a clear, shared picture of what digital success looks like for your organization. I urge you to think beyond digitizing existing processes. Vision means reimagining how your business creates value using technology as an enabler. It ties your digital initiati...
From The Six Disciplines of Digital Transformation
Discipline 2 – Engagement
A powerful vision means little unless people believe and act on it together. Engagement is therefore the human pulse of transformation. It requires mobilizing employees, customers, and partners to co-create the digital future you’ve defined. I remind leaders that engagement isn’t persuasion by decre...
From The Six Disciplines of Digital Transformation
About George Westerman
George Westerman is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. His research focuses on digital transformation, leadership, and innovation in large organizations.
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