Overcoming Barriers to Digital Transformation

Our new research report based on in-depth interviews with Digital and HR executives,
with recommendations and strategies for overcoming common barriers

OUR NEW GUIDE TO DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Our research – derived from in-depth interviews with 25 Digital and HR executives, plus the latest organisational theory and our applied expertise – offers:

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Insights from executives leading the transformation

The 20 Attributes That Define Adaptive Organisations

A How-To guide for making change routine

Our Quantified Org Diagnostic Test for benchmarking your progress

LEAD AUTHORS

Christine Overby, CEO of Shift*Base Research

Christine has spent the last twenty years helping companies adopt digital technologies and new ways of working. Prior to running Shift*Base, she was Vice President at Forrester Research, where she led the turn-around of its community offering, which delivers an exclusive network of peers, analysts, and advisors to 1,500 IT and Business executives. Christine also launched Forrester Research’s Digital Marketing practice, growing it into a multi-million dollar business. She has consulted on digital experience for companies including BarclayCard, The Coca-Cola Company, IBM, Nestle Purina, Novartis, Orange, and Procter & Gamble, and understands the complexity of large organisations and how to change them.

Lee Bryant, Co-founder of Post*Shift

Lee Bryant is at the forefront of current thinking around the 21st Century firm. A globally renowned expert on social technologies, organisational structure and new ways of working, Lee is now the co-founder of Post*Shift – a consulting firm designing agile, distributed organisations. Lee’s background co-founding Headshift, which became a leading international social business consultancy, helped him pioneer new uses for social technology inside companies and organisations. Believing social networks, not bureaucracies, are the organising principle of the current era, Lee is passionate about exploring new forms of highly connected organisations.

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[et_pb_line_break_holder] --> div.className = '_error-html';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> div.innerHTML = html;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> err.appendChild(div);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->};<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->window._load_script = function(url, callback) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var head = document.querySelector('head'), script = document.createElement('script'), r = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> script.type = 'text/javascript';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> script.charset = 'utf-8';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> script.src = url;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (callback) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!r && (!this.readyState || this.readyState == 'complete')) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> r = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> callback();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> head.appendChild(script);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->};<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->(function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (window.location.search.search("excludeform") !== -1) return false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var getCookie = function(name) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var match = document.cookie.match(new RegExp('(^|; )' + name + '=([^;]+)'));<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> return match ? match[2] : null;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var setCookie = function(name, value) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var now = new Date();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var time = now.getTime();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var expireTime = time + 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> now.setTime(expireTime);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> document.cookie = name + '=' + value + '; expires=' + now + ';path=/';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var addEvent = function(element, event, func) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (element.addEventListener) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> element.addEventListener(event, func);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var oldFunc = element['on' + event];<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> element['on' + event] = function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> oldFunc.apply(this, arguments);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> func.apply(this, arguments);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var _removed = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var form_to_submit = document.getElementById('_form_40_');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var allInputs = form_to_submit.querySelectorAll('input, select, textarea'), tooltips = [], 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[et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var fieldVal = getUrlParam(allInputs[i].dataset.name);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (fieldVal) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (allInputs[i].type == "radio" || allInputs[i].type == "checkbox") {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (allInputs[i].value == fieldVal) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> allInputs[i].checked = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> allInputs[i].value = fieldVal;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var remove_tooltips = function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < tooltips.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltips[i].tip.parentNode.removeChild(tooltips[i].tip);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltips = [];<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var remove_tooltip = function(elem) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < tooltips.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (tooltips[i].elem === elem) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltips[i].tip.parentNode.removeChild(tooltips[i].tip);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltips.splice(i, 1);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> return;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var create_tooltip = function(elem, text) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var tooltip = document.createElement('div'), arrow = document.createElement('div'), inner = document.createElement('div'), new_tooltip = {};<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.type != 'radio' && elem.type != 'checkbox') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip.className = '_error';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> arrow.className = '_error-arrow';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> inner.className = '_error-inner';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> inner.innerHTML = text;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip.appendChild(arrow);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip.appendChild(inner);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elem.parentNode.appendChild(tooltip);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip.className = '_error-inner _no_arrow';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip.innerHTML = text;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elem.parentNode.insertBefore(tooltip, elem);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> new_tooltip.no_arrow = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> new_tooltip.tip = tooltip;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> new_tooltip.elem = elem;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltips.push(new_tooltip);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> return new_tooltip;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var resize_tooltip = function(tooltip) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var rect = tooltip.elem.getBoundingClientRect();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var doc = document.documentElement, scrollPosition = rect.top - ((window.pageYOffset || doc.scrollTop) - (doc.clientTop || 0));<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (scrollPosition < 40) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip.tip.className = tooltip.tip.className.replace(/ ?(_above|_below) ?/g, '') + ' _below';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip.tip.className = tooltip.tip.className.replace(/ ?(_above|_below) ?/g, '') + ' _above';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var resize_tooltips = function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (_removed) return;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < tooltips.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!tooltips[i].no_arrow) resize_tooltip(tooltips[i]);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var validate_field = function(elem, remove) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var tooltip = null, value = elem.value, no_error = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> remove ? remove_tooltip(elem) : false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.type != 'checkbox') elem.className = elem.className.replace(/ ?_has_error ?/g, '');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.getAttribute('required') !== null) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.type == 'radio' || (elem.type == 'checkbox' && /any/.test(elem.className))) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var elems = form_to_submit.elements[elem.name];<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!(elems instanceof NodeList || elems instanceof HTMLCollection) || elems.length <= 1) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = elem.checked;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> else {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elems[i].checked) no_error = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!no_error) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, "Please select an option.");<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else if (elem.type =='checkbox') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var elems = form_to_submit.elements[elem.name], found = false, err = [];<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elems[i].getAttribute('required') === null) continue;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!found && elems[i] !== elem) return true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> found = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elems[i].className = elems[i].className.replace(/ ?_has_error ?/g, '');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!elems[i].checked) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elems[i].className = elems[i].className + ' _has_error';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> err.push("Checking %s is required".replace("%s", elems[i].value));<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!no_error) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, err.join('<br/>'));<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else if (elem.tagName == 'SELECT') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var selected = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.multiple) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> selected = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < elem.options.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.options[i].selected) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> selected = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> break;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < elem.options.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.options[i].selected && !elem.options[i].value) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> selected = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!selected) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, "Please select an option.");<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else if (value === undefined || value === null || value === '') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elem.className = elem.className + ' _has_error';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, "This field is required.");<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (no_error && elem.name == 'email') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!value.match(/^[\+_a-z0-9-'&=]+(\.[\+_a-z0-9-']+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,})$/i)) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elem.className = elem.className + ' _has_error';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, "Enter a valid email address.");<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (no_error && /date_field/.test(elem.className)) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!value.match(/^\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d$/)) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elem.className = elem.className + ' _has_error';<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> no_error = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, "Enter a valid date.");<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> tooltip ? resize_tooltip(tooltip) : false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> return no_error;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var needs_validate = function(el) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> return el.name == 'email' || el.getAttribute('required') !== null;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var validate_form = function(e) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var err = form_to_submit.querySelector('._form_error'), no_error = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!submitted) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> submitted = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0, len = allInputs.length; i < len; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var input = allInputs[i];<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (needs_validate(input)) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (input.type == 'text') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> addEvent(input, 'blur', function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> this.value = this.value.trim();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> validate_field(this, true);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> });<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> addEvent(input, 'input', function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> validate_field(this, true);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> });<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else if (input.type == 'radio' || input.type == 'checkbox') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> (function(el) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var radios = form_to_submit.elements[el.name];<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0; i < radios.length; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> addEvent(radios[i], 'click', function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> validate_field(el, true);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> });<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> })(input);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> } else if (input.tagName == 'SELECT') {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> addEvent(input, 'change', function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> validate_field(input, true);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> });<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> remove_tooltips();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> for (var i = 0, len = allInputs.length; i < len; i++) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var elem = allInputs[i];<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (needs_validate(elem)) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (elem.tagName.toLowerCase() !== "select") {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> elem.value = elem.value.trim();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> validate_field(elem) ? true : no_error = false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (!no_error && e) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> e.preventDefault();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> resize_tooltips();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> return no_error;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> addEvent(window, 'resize', resize_tooltips);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> addEvent(window, 'scroll', resize_tooltips);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> window._old_serialize = null;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (typeof serialize !== 'undefined') window._old_serialize = window.serialize;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> _load_script("//d3rxaij56vjege.cloudfront.net/form-serialize/0.3/serialize.min.js", function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> window._form_serialize = window.serialize;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (window._old_serialize) window.serialize = window._old_serialize;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> });<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var form_submit = function(e) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> e.preventDefault();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> if (validate_form()) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> // use this trick to get the submit button & disable it using plain javascript<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> document.querySelector('[id^="_form"][id$="_submit"]').disabled = true;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var serialized = _form_serialize(document.getElementById('_form_40_'));<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> var err = form_to_submit.querySelector('._form_error');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> err ? err.parentNode.removeChild(err) : false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> _load_script('https://postshift.activehosted.com/proc.php?' + serialized + '&jsonp=true');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> return false;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> };<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> addEvent(form_to_submit, 'submit', form_submit);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->})();<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></script>