5 tips for driving digital transformation
Skriven av Matilda JohanssonRebel and Bird's Growth Leads have helped several companies drive digital transformation and growth. Regardless of the industry, we give you specific advice for driving digital transformation and what skills you need to bring with you on the journey.
Do you want to get more in-depth information on this subject? Listen to the podcast episode with our Growth Leads Joni Lindgren and Jasmin Yaya, where they talk about their experiences helping organizations with digital transformation.
First, you need to understand what digital transformation means.
It is an organizational transformation and a new way of working. It is the use of technology to improve the company’s performance, create added value for the end-users, and thus increase loyalty and business. Digital transformation involves both a cultural and organizational change but also a change in leadership.
1. Make sure everyone is working towards the same goals
You usually think that all employees already know what goals the organization should achieve. But that is not always the case, at least not in detail. Not everyone understands what the goal is, and therefore everyone will work in different directions. Talk to your employees and make sure everyone understands what the goal is. And make sure they have the right conditions at work to achieve it.
2. Listen to your growth experts
Ask people within the organization who have expertise in digital growth. Ask them, “We want to make this amount of money, in this timeframe, with this budget. What would you do to get there?” There are several different types of people who van help. Someone who works with keyword optimization, a product owner who leads the development team, and a marketing communicator who is an expert in writing for digital channels. All these people can help you as a business leader. They have the digital skills and understanding of the method and technology required to achieve the goal.
3. Make sure that the IT department and the marketing department work towards the same purpose
Developers traditionally sit only in the IT department. That doesn’t work. They need to work cross-functionally with the marketing department to understand the needs of the organization from a holistic perspective.
4. Use a Growth Lead that leads the process to increase the number of repeat customers
Everyone knows you will not survive on a one-off basis. There are different names for that role, some examples being Product Owner, Product Manager, Growth Manager, — or Growth Lead, as we call it. This person is responsible for leading a process and team that will increase the number of repeat customers. This person should be able to set goals, work data-driven, and prioritize product development to ensure repeat customers are growing.
5. Have a cross-functional team responsible for each key figure
Instead of different departments in the organization owning different key figures, it should instead be the cross-functional teams that own each of the critical data. These key figures should, in turn, map to a single overall goal. Each team should consist of several different expert competencies such as developers, analysts, UX designers, and a Growth Lead to achieve the key figures that the team owns and influences.
Having an analyst with them in the team makes a big difference. An analyst needs to be a person with digital knowledge, that has a business understanding and can analyze the data that comes in and can map it against the business goals. The analyst helps the others in the team to make decisions on analysis and insights.