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Digital disruptors get speed and agility from
their operating models while traditional players
get bogged down by rigid operating models.
It’s no wonder they lag digital high performers
by nearly 25% for expected future growth.
TRADITIONAL
COMPANIES ARE NOT
DISRUPTIVE ENOUGH

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Traditional companies must align their
operating models with new disruptive business
models to pivot fast and respond to changing
customer needs, markets and technologies.
Companies that don’t risk losing 10-20%
revenue growth.
SAY HELLO TO THE DIGITAL
OPERATING MODEL

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EXECUTIVES RECOGNIZE
THAT IT’S TIME TO MAKE
A CHANGE
Less than 1/4 think their operating
model can respond to changing
market conditions
Only 22% say that their
operating model is aligned to
growth initiatives
LESS
THAN

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Like independent lines of
business, domains design,
deploy and support a given
product, service or customer
journey, drawing resources,
assets and capabilities from
across business, operations
and technology.
DIGITAL OPERATING
MODELS WITH DOMAINS:
NEW VALUE DRIVERS

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Traditional enterprises should scale domains
to at least 25% of business units, products and
services, or customers to achieve the full
benefits of digital transformation and avoid
stalling at the pilot stage.
THE POWER OF
DOMAINS COMES
FROM SCALE

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Moving from static organization to living
organism starts with several important steps:
DOMAINS
PROVIDE THE
ADAPTABILITY
THAT DEFINES
TRUE DIGITAL
DISRUPTORS

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Guided by the business strategy, business model
and customer expectations, companies must have a
comprehensive view of how to bring together
capabilities, assets and authority from across a
disconnected enterprise.
1. DEFINE DOMAINS
WITH PRECISION
Appoint a domain owner who is responsible for the
end-to-end functioning of the domain, and
understands the intersection of business,
operational and technology interests.
2. BE DELIBERATE
ABOUT LEADERSHIP

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The interplay between business, technology and
operations across domains calls for new digital skills.
These will require upskilling of current employees
and gathering new talent via today’s workforce.
4.BUILD THE WORKFORCE
OF THE FUTURE
Support open dialogues and difficult conversations,
new forms of collaboration, and agile ways of
working with small, nimble teams empowered to
make decisions.
3.DIFFUSE CULTURE
SHOCK

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