The Digital Mindset Lib/E: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI

The pressure to be digital has never been greater. The digital revolution is here. It's changing how work gets done, how industries are structured, and how people from all walks of life work, behave and relate to each other. To thrive in a world driven by data and powered by algorithms, we must learn to see, think, and act in new ways. We need to develop a digital mindset. But what does that mean? Some fear it means that in the near future we will all need to become technologists who master the intricacies of coding, algorithms, AI, machine learning, robotics, and who knows what's next. This book introduces three approaches--Collaboration, Computation, Change--that you need for a digital mindset, and the perspectives and actions within each approach that will enable you to develop digital skills you need. With the digital mindset, you can ask the right questions, make smart decisions and appreciate new possibilities for a digital future. Leaders who adopt these approaches will be able to develop their organization's talent to prepare their company for successful and continued digital transformation. The surprising and welcome secret is that developing a digital mindset isn't as hard as we think. Most people can become digitally savvy if they follow the 30% rule, or the minimum threshold that gives us just enough digital literacy to understand and take advantage of the digital fabric woven into our world.

About the Author :
Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and an award-winning scholar, teacher, and expert on virtual and global work. She regularly advises top leaders who are embarking on virtual work and large-scale change that involves global expansion, digital transformation, and becoming more agile. She is the author of Remote Work Revolution and the award-winning book The Language of Global Success. She serves on the boards of Brightcove, Brown Capital Management, Harvard Business Publishing, and the Partnership. She is also on Rakuten's advisory board. Named to the Thinkers50 On the Radar list for making lasting contributions to management, Neeley's work has also been published in top journals and featured on the BBC, CNN, NPR, and MarketWatch and in Forbes, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Nikkei, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and in many other outlets. She received her doctorate from Stanford University in management science and engineering, specializing in work, technology, and organizations. Paul Leonardi is the Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at University of California Santa Barbara. He is an expert on digital transformation and organizational change. He advises senior leaders on how to organize their workforces to compete with data, analytics, and new technologies and consults with companies such as Microsoft, General Motors, and Discover about using digital tools to enhance internal knowledge-sharing, how to structure global product-development operations, and how to manage the human aspects of new-technology implementation. He is also a regular keynote speaker for corporate trainings and user conferences on digital transformation, innovation, and change. An award-winning researcher and teacher, Leonardi is the author of two books on technological innovation and organizational change, Car Crashes without Cars and Technology Choices, and he is the editor of two volumes on technology and expertise. His work has been published in top journals and featured in news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Financial Times. Leonardi earned his doctorate from Stanford University. Emmanuel Chumaceiro is a first generation Cuban-American and classically trained opera singer who has lent his rich baritone voice to stage productions throughout the Tri-state area, in addition to audiobooks and voice-over projects. He appeared in the US premiere of New Guidelines for Peaceful Times at the historic Cherry Lane Theatre, and the world opera premieres of Ulysses at Symphony Space and Gulliver's Travels at American Opera Project.