Michael Schank – Achieving Digital Transformation Success
SEASON: 3 EPISODE: 30
Episode Overview:
It’s no secret that the enormous complexity involved in an organizational digital transformation can hinder its success. Consequently, some 70 percent of digital initiatives fail to meet their goals. Failure can put an organization at a severe competitive disadvantage, and in some cases, can be fatal. Executing on a solid digital transformation journey is a significant undertaking that demands leadership commitment, thoughtful planning, and rigorous execution.
In this episode, my guest, Michael Schank will be sharing invaluable strategies and frameworks on how to successfully tackle digital transformation. So whether you’re a nimble startup striving to make your mark, or a global enterprise seeking to refine your operations, Michael’s insights are incredibly valuable for entrepreneurs and business professionals alike.
If you’re ready to take your digital transformation journey to the next level, then this episode is for you. Join me now for my conversation with Michael Schank.
Guest Bio:
Michael Schank is Founder and Managing Director at Process Inventory Advisors LLC. He has over 25 years of experience as a management consultant in the financial services industry, advising clients on technology, process, risk, and large-scale business and digital transformations.
Michael’s new book, Digital Transformation Success: Achieving Alignment and Delivering Results with the Process Inventory Framework, shares how to drive a new level of operating efficiency and agility necessary to thrive in this digital era.
Resource Links:
- Website: https://www.processinventory.com/
- Product Link: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michael-Schank/author/B0CLBZB5HS?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
Insight Gold Timestamps:
04:34 What’s the state of transformation today?
06:05 Staying relevant in the age of digital
07:32 Another innovation model called Open Innovation
09:05 Organizations have to have a willingness to cannibalize their own success
09:20 Most transformations fail because of organizational complexity
10:47 In your book, you call it Process Inventory Framework
12:55 Organizations have a lot of operational data in various unconnected data stores
14:41 I write about this in my book, called the Process Center of Excellence Capability
17:24 What are some of the common pitfalls organizations encounter?
18:40 It’s a way to get everyone on the same page
20:32 It really comes down to performance metrics
22:50 In the context of digital strategy, how do you prioritize?
23:07 There’s a common technique we use called heat mapping
24:38 If you see something that is not optimal
25:37 3M has what’s called a 15% rule
27:17 If you think about risk in an organization
28:45 Processes happen!
31:09 A concept called Digital Twin
32:07 That’s when Process Inventory comes in
34:15 The book is Digital Transformation Success: Achieving Alignment and Delivering Results with the Process Inventory Framework
Connect Socially:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-schank/
Email: mlschank@yahoo.com
Sponsors:
Rainmaker Digital Solutions: https://www.rainmakerdigitalsolutions.com/
Resources: https://becomingpreferred-podcast.com/resources/
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About the Host, Michael
Michael Vickers inspires enduring success, redefining the possible for today’s sales professionals, leaders, and managers. Whatever the sales or business opportunity, Michael will greatly enhance your odds of success. Every person who has an idea to promote, an employee to motivate, or a deal to negotiate, will attain a new level of success after an event with Michael.
Michael is also the best-selling author of Becoming Preferred: How to Outsell Your Competition, and Dance of the Rainmaker: Creating Authentic Differentiation in Today's Competitive Marketplace, where he shares his secrets to achieving the very highest level of sales mastery.
Whatever the result you’re striving for, if it involves influencing others or achieving success through others, Michael will build your confidence and accelerate your performance.
Michael is the Executive Director of Summit Learning Systems, a company that offers customized in-house training programs to many of today’s leading companies. He teaches thousands of business professionals throughout North America the skills required to achieve optimum performance.