MIT Sloan Management Review Article on The First Law of Digital Innovation

The relentless march of technology is very good for companies that sell technology, and for the analysts, journalists, and consultants who sell technology advice to managers. But it’s not always so good for the managers themselves.

Technology changes quickly, but organizations change much more slowly. This is the reason that digital transformation is more of a leadership challenge than a technical one. Large organizations are far more complex to manage and change than technologies.

About the Author

George Westerman (@gwesterman) is a senior lecturer with the MIT Sloan School of Management, faculty director for workforce learning in the MIT Jameel World Education Lab, and coauthor of the award-winning book Leading Digital: Turning Technology Into Business Transformation, published by Harvard Business Review Press.

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