Digital Humans

Embrace the Human Side of Organisational Digital Transformation Digital Humans: Thriving in an Online World is an insightful, engaging and interdisciplinary discussion of how best to transform your organisation into a nimble, digital enterprise with human beings firmly established at the centre of it. The authors draw on complexity theory, anthropology, history, organisational transformation and behavioural science to demonstrate the characteristics that define successful digital organisations. You'll discover the importance of focusing on human beings even as you make the shift to digital and learn to understand the importance of our new digital ecosystems. Illuminating case studies and examples of organisations that have successfully made the jump to digital are explored and the book presents new and effective ways to make strategic decisions about your company's future based on our new physical-digital hybrid reality. A can't-miss blueprint to a market environment and world that's increasingly fast-moving, complex and rewarding, Digital Humans will find a place in the libraries of managers, executives, and business leaders looking for an engaging roadmap to digital transformation that wouldn't have us leave our humanity behind.

Embrace the Human Side of Organisational Digital TransformationDigital Humans: Thriving in an Online World is an insightful, engaging and interdisciplinary discussion of how best to transform your organisation into a nimble, digital enterprise with human beings firmly established at the centre of it. The authors draw on complexity theory, anthropology, history, organisational transformation and behavioural science to demonstrate the characteristics that define successful digital organisations.You'll discover the importance of focusing on human beings even as you make the shift to digital and learn to understand the importance of our new digital ecosystems. Illuminating case studies and examples of organisations that have successfully made the jump to digital are explored and the book presents new and effective ways to make strategic decisions about your company's future based on our new physical-digital hybrid reality.A can't-miss blueprint to a market environment and world that's increasingly fast-moving, complex and rewarding, Digital Humans will find a place in the libraries of managers, executives, and business leaders looking for an engaging roadmap to digital transformation that wouldn't have us leave our humanity behind.

Acknowledgements ixAbout This Book xiIntroduction xiiiPart One Living in Our Online World 1Our Brave New Digital World 3Living in a Changing World 17The Activated Organization 45Part Two New Thinking for Digital Humans and Their Organizations 571 The Digital Spine 592 Build Together 753 The Organization of One 994 Add-app-ability 1135 Theatres of Work 1296 Build Beautiful Things 1457 Playing Games 1578 The Power of Small Things 1719 Targets and the Mirror 18710 Always Learning 19911 Creating Meaningful Alternatives 21512 Turn It On 227Conclusion: Reflections on New Thinking for Our Brave New Digital World 245Terms of Art 249About the Authors 259Index 261