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The Dangers of Legacy Thinking

Daniel Burrus

For example, Delta Airlines’ entire fleet in the United States was temporarily grounded because of computer problems—the second shutdown over a period of six months also shutting down the carrier’s website and mobile apps. Many organizations can point to business principles, strategies and other ways of thinking that underscored success.

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Change Your Thinking, Improve Your Results

Daniel Burrus

Just ask Delta Airlines , the British bank Tesco or any other company whose legacy software caused breakdowns and data breaches. Like legacy technology, legacy thinking refers to thinking, strategies and other actions that, in their own way, are outdated. Take agility. Legacy technology is a major headache.

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What is Digital Transformation in Business and Why is it Important?

Moves the Needle

Digital products in the hands of customers, such as banking, airline or music apps, represent the last piece of the digitization puzzle since many of the back-end systems and processes became computerized over the last several decades. They are not agile. Google Search Data for the phrase “digital transformation” from Google Trends.