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10 Things That Digital Business Leaders Do

Published May 12, 2021

10 Things That Digital Business LeadersDo

What Digital Leaders Do: Learning CurveWhat Digital Leaders Do: Learning Curve

They help their organizations become “data literate” at all levels - no matter what the individual roles are - so that analytics drives business decisions.

What Digital Leaders Do: Uncanny ImpressionWhat Digital Leaders Do: Uncanny Impression

Through analytics, they use social media to assess the opinions, behaviors and preferences of a target market with a previously unobtainable level of accuracy.

What Digital Leaders Do: All InWhat Digital Leaders Do: All In

They embrace Everything as a Service (Eaas) to minimize costs and maximize flexibility.

What Digital Leaders Do: Rapid ResponseWhat Digital Leaders Do: Rapid Response

They deploy “extreme coding” or “agile development” - shorter development cycles to add checkpoints in which new user and customer requirements can be added - to more quickly respond to demands.

What Digital Leaders Do: Shortened Shelf LifeWhat Digital Leaders Do: Shortened Shelf Life

They refresh business apps every month, and replace them every year. Otherwise, they know they'll fall behind their competition.

What Digital Leaders Do: Measuring StickWhat Digital Leaders Do: Measuring Stick

They define any and all critical metrics that will track the inputs and outputs of each business process, to effectively evaluate success.

What Digital Leaders Do: Calendar ItemWhat Digital Leaders Do: Calendar Item

Through enhanced analysis and predictive monitoring, they cut cycle times of all business processes in half every 12 to 18 months.

What Digital Leaders Do: Safety in NumbersWhat Digital Leaders Do: Safety in Numbers

They combine the cloud, quantification and outcomes-based strategies to make their business crowdsourceable.

What Digital Leaders Do: Winning Proposition, Part IWhat Digital Leaders Do: Winning Proposition, Part I

They gamify internal collaborative platforms to encourage employees to increase their participation in business.

What Digital Leaders Do: Winning Proposition, Part IIWhat Digital Leaders Do: Winning Proposition, Part II

They gamify consumer-facing blogs, social media and the company Website to increase value-adding customer interactions.