11 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONQUOTES

LESS THAN 1% OF DATA IN BUSINESSES ISANALYZED AND TURNED INTO BENEFITS

SAP

IN TODAY’S ERA OF VOLATILITY, THERE IS NOOTHER WAY BUT TO RE-INVENT. THE ONLYSUSTAINABLE ADVANTAGE YOU CAN HAVE

OVER OTHERS IS AGILITY, THAT’S IT. BECAUSENOTHING ELSE IS SUSTAINABLE, EVERYTHING

ELSE YOU CREATE, SOMEBODY ELSE WILLREPLICATE.

JEFF BEZOS, AMAZON FOUNDER

AT LEAST 40% OF ALL BUSINESSES WILL DIE INTHE NEXT 10 YEARS… IF THEY DON’T FIGURE

OUT HOW TO CHANGE THEIR ENTIRE COMPANYTO ACCOMMODATE NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

JOHN CHAMBERS,EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, CISCO SYSTEM

THE LAST TEN YEARS OF IT HAVE BEEN ABOUTCHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE WORK. THE NEXT

TEN YEARS OF IT WILL BE ABOUTTRANSFORMING YOUR BUSINESS.

AARON LEVIE, CEO OF BOX

IT’S NO LONGER THE BIG BEATING THE SMALL,BUT THE FAST BEATING THE SLOW.

ERIC PEARSON, CIO, INTERNATIONALHOTEL GROUP (IHG)

90% OF CEOS BELIEVE THE DIGITAL ECONOMYWILL IMPACT THEIR INDUSTRY, BUT LESSTHAN 15% ARE EXECUTING ON A DIGITAL

STRATEGY.

MIT SLOAN AND CAPGEMINI

YOU CAN’T DELEGATE DIGITALTRANSFORMATION FOR YOUR COMPANY…

YOU AND YOUR EXECUTIVES HAVE TO OWN IT!EXECUTIVES NEED TO ENGAGE, EMBRACE AND

ADOPT NEW WAYS OF WORKING WITH THELATEST AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.

BARRY ROSS, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER,ROSS & ROSS INTERNATIONAL

WE’RE ONLY AT THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING OFTHIS NEXT GENERATION OF COMPUTING AND ITHINK THAT EVERY INDUSTRY LEADER WILL BE

THE ONES THAT TRANFORMS FIRST. I DON’TCARE WHAT INDUSTRY YOU’RE TALKING

ABOUT.

KIM STEVENSON, CIO, INTEL

IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST OF THE SPECIESTHAT SURVIVES, NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENTTHAT SURVIVES. IT IS THE ONE THAT IS THE

MOST ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE.

CHARLES DARWIN

IT LEADERS, CIOS SPECIFICALLY, NEED TO STOP BEINGSO PASSIVE. I VIEW THE ROLE OF IT, THE ROLE OF THE

CIO AS BEING FRANKLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT,IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE AT THE

LEADERSHIP TABLE TODAY. BECAUSE COMPANY CIOSTHAT CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGYTO CHANGE THEIR BUSINESS MODELS ARE GOING TO

FIND THEMSELVES SOMEWHAT OUT OF JOBS.

JEFF IMMELT, CEO, GE

CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE AND THOSE WHO LOOKONLY TO THE PAST OR PRESENT ARE CERTAIN TO MISS

THE FUTURE.

JOHN F. KENNEDY