To absolutely no one’s surprise, a new Gartner survey of more than 3,100 CIOs and technology executives found that 52% of digital initiatives fa

Breaking down digital silos

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2024-11-12 18:30:08

To absolutely no one’s surprise, a new Gartner survey of more than 3,100 CIOs and technology executives found that 52% of digital initiatives fail. If anything, the surprise is that the number isn’t higher. Way back in 2014, I was writing about how and why big data projects fail. “Most companies simply don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to big data,” I said.

Today, it’s largely the same, though Gartner points to a common characteristic of enterprises that succeed with digital transformation: They don’t treat it as an isolated IT project. For the so-called “digital vanguard” whose initiatives succeed 71% of the time, Gartner VP Raf Gelders argues, “CIOs and CxOs are equally responsible [for digital delivery], accountable and involved in delivering the digital solutions their enterprises need.”

Not just the tech folks, in other words. Business and tech people working together. I’ve seen this principle play out firsthand in my own work.

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