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The digital transition in Brussels > Episode #1 - Success with transformation


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Success with transformation, in general, has always been hard to come by. In the digital world, the challenge became more critical during the Covid-19 pandemic when technologies accelerated vividly. Only about 30%* of companies have navigated a digital transformation successfully worldwide. And navigating it in the midst of uncertainty is complex as new behaviors emerge and evolve dramatically. It is a long process as organizations and employees have to adapt to new ways of working at scale or to create a culture that embrace change and continual learning / improvement.

Furthermore, according to McKensie – June 2022 - while many of the standard issues to digital transformation remain, three factors have emerged:

  • the use of digital tech to achieve strategic differentiation on customer engagement and innovation
  • the development of proprietary assets, such as AI, data, and software
  • a focus on attracting tech-savvy executives and on better integration of tech talent into the organization
  • Like most countries, Belgium saw a surge in digital adoption during the pandemic and its accelerating pace presented many opportunities but also many challenges – forcing most companies to be more innovative, agile and creative.

    At Digitalcity.brussels we wanted to assess how this digitalization has impacted the Belgian society and focus on how businesses could prepare themselves and create a vision for the future?

    For this, we have interviewed Nicolas Locoge – Director of the CIRB / CIBG to get his insights on the digital transition in Brussels and Belgium. 

    This episode of a whole serie of interviews regarding the digital transition in Brussels that will follow with the interviews of Yves Mathonet, Tania Maamaury and Thierry Chappe. 

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    *BCG Report

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