Evolving from Digital Transformation to Digital Acceleration Using the Galapagos Framework

Evolving from Digital Transformation to Digital Acceleration Using The Galapagos Framework challenges established thinking and offers a new way to deliver digital change. It introduces The Galapagos Framework, which is a new, innovative, and human-centric approach to transformational change. The framework allows organizations to move from digital transformation to digital acceleration, resulting in the creation of exciting and groundbreaking products as well as having a positive impact on the motivation and well-being of their teams.

Digital Acceleration is an iterative process that allows organizations to deliver transformations and demonstrate continual progress at pace. Rather than tackling the transformation as one large single event, Digital Acceleration enables organizations to improve one or, at most, two discrete areas of the business quickly and then move onto the next area needing improvement.

Presenting a detailed guide to The Galapagos Framework, the book also highlights solutions to common issues, expert case studies, and The Galapagos Roadmap. It discusses how the framework provides the key to increasing productivity, delivery velocity, and performance while reducing cost and complexity, ultimately resulting in digital and business success. The book demonstrates how The Galapagos Framework operates in practice to provide clear solutions to common issues that are classifi ed into Human Elements, Organizational Factors, and the Delivery Aspects. The book also explains why the current approaches to digital transformation are failing and shows how digital leaders and organizations can:

• Increase productivity
• Reduce costs
• Improve delivery performance
• Reduce operational, financial, and delivery risks
• Increase profits
• Deliver digital transformation success

Brian Harkin is a highly collaborative and trusted digital leader who leverages over 30 years’ experience across the financial services sector; principally global markets, asset management and investment banking. Prior to creating the Galapagos Framework, Brian served in a variety of leadership roles and delivered numerous Digital Transformation programs across a range of business domains (e.g., digital channels, eCommerce, data and risk analytics). In addition to his freelance work, Brian is a passionate coach/mentor/educator and is a Visiting Lecturer at City University’s Bayes Business School, he also writes and presents extensively on Digital Transformation and Leadership.