Unlocking nascent digital power in every organisation

THE word "digital" is usually associated with technology but it takes more than just deploying technologies to become a digital enterprise. Even the most sophisticated technology or a well-designed system can be undermined by a company's traditional mindset that can hinder the organisation from behaving like a digital native.

At the Red Hat Summit last May, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst shared that companies typically run on the traditional top-down business model in which a small group attempts to forecast future business issues and needs, prescribes steps to address them and has the organisation execute those steps. While that model can work in a static, stable environment, it is likely…