Thriving in the digital age

Thanks to digital technology, business leaders have much more to learn and master to succeed in a modern organisation.

To be successful in the digital age requires more than only acquiring digital technology skills. It requires you to think differently.

Leaders need to:

• Understand the foundational principles of new technology such as coding, programming languages, scripts, algorithms, compiling, and machine language.
• Be aware of the biases of artificial intelligence (AI).
• Challenge how data was produced, who had access to it, and how well it represents behaviour.

Data is, in many ways, the DNA of organisational decision-making. But data does not always provide truth. It needs to be analysed and challenged. When someone lacks a digital mindset, they can accept data as gospel.

Data is biased since biased humans gather and interpret data and build mod...