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Every sector is feeling the impact of digital-first platform organizations, whether by joining their ecosystems as a producer, consuming one of their services or having business stripped away. Traditional, digital-second organizations – with their roots in physical good and services - can benefit by finding a way to become or partner with a platform business.

Successful 21st century leaders navigate and utilize digital disruption by organizing around constant ideation to create and deliver a winning vision and business. Understanding how data, intelligence, connectivity and automation is transforming every industry is essential to evolve how you think and operate.

Entering 2020 and a new decade, we’re seeing powerful macro transitions at play beyond technology, both economic and political. Economically there is ongoing east vs. west tension, resetting of trade tariffs and greater regionalization drivers. Politically, the importance of diversity, climate, the role of business in society and national identity are forcing leaders to consider the role they must play in helping navigate their organization for a successful outcome.

One form of disruption deals with product versus product, such as Apple vs Nokia. It is unpredictable and tends to change an industry. We call this substitution.

Another form of disruption deals with the evolution of product to commodity or utility. Examples of this include Apple vs Android, servers vs cloud or runtime vs serverless. It is predictable and tends to change societies. We call this industrialization.

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