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The State of Transformation
Transformation: A complex, ongoing journey with no defined end
The State of Transformation report offers insights and conclusions drawn from the transformation journeys of 16 leading Swedish organizations, as shared by their CIOs and transformation leaders.
What types of initiatives are shaping the future? What challenges are organizations tackling? How are they navigating their transformation journeys?
In the report, you’ll discover:
- 4 key findings that highlight the most critical transformation initiatives.
- 6 conclusions that put these insights into perspective using customer examples.
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Key takeaways:
1. Transformation is driven without a clear vision
Many leaders struggle to clearly articulate their transformation vision and the path ahead. This lack of clarity hinders continuity, risks misaligning teams, ultimately weakening overall impact.
Why is this happening?
- Unclear vision and poor alignment are top reasons for transformation failure.
- Articulating vision is hard due to rapid changes in technology, customer expectations, regulation, geopolitical shifts and competitive pressure.
- Business leaders often lack tech literacy, leaving CIOs to carry strategy and execution.
- CIOs focus on today’s fixes but often lack a clear vision of tomorrow, resulting in tactical over strategic moves.
2. Focus on groundwork limits business value realization
Organisations pursue large-scale ERP, CRM, and cloud initiatives – often focusing on foundational capabilities, hence struggling to deliver near-term business value in an era shaped by AI.
Why is this happening?
- Foundational work is essential but often seen as non-strategic.
- Often, new CIOs typically start by “cleaning house” – fixing systems, data, processes.
- Risk of “digital busywork” without transforming processes, culture, value delivery.
- Incremental progress defers real transformation to an uncertain future.
- Without clear links to strategy, efforts can stall in the “plumbing phase”.
Why?
We set out to understand the State of Transformation among Swedish organisations.
What?
We asked:
- What are the main initiatives?
- What are the vision and goals?
- What are the challenges?
How?
- In-depth interviews with CIOs and transformation leaders.
- 16 leading private and public organisations.
- Study period during Q2 and Q3 2024.
We are the Business Technology Company
At Sofigate, we’re not just a casual vendor – we’re catalysts for transformation, helping our customers harness the power of modern cloud platforms to build agile organizations that thrive in a world of constant change.
As founders of the Business Technology Forum, curiosity and commitment to gathering and sharing insights is in our roots. In line with this tradition, this pilot study captures insights from interviews with 16 CIOs and transformation leaders from leading Swedish organizations. As the technological landscape continues to evolve, understanding the pathways to successful transformation has become more crucial than ever.
The primary aim of this study is to gain insights into the transformation journeys of these organizations by examining their key current and forthcoming initiatives. We seek to understand the conditions, needs, and objectives that drive these initiatives as well as their potential impacts.
If you’re curious about how we work with transformation, or should you want to participate in future studies, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
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