How do I Get Started with Digital Transformation?

‍Decision fatigue. Analysis paralysis. Overwhelm. We have a lot of phrases to describe a phenomenon that started well before the digital age.

‍Steve Jobs and Johnny Cash, different in profession but united in creativity, both famously stuck to similar outfits day in and day out. The reason? Saving their mental energy for the important decisions that lie beyond their closets.

‍You may have already made the most important decision of all—to pursue digital transformation.  

‍But with the overwhelming amount of directions you could go and places you could start, how do you focus your mental energy on the decisions that matter?

‍Rank Your Business Objectives Based on Available Resources vs. Perceived Reward

‍If you’re lucky enough to already see tons of opportunities for digitalization, narrow them down by focusing on the objectives and goals your business is already working toward.

‍The easiest place to start might be to prioritize based on resources.

‍Say that building a complete contractor onboarding experience is one of your core business objectives. Another might be cutting down the lead time between purchase and delivery.

‍Will one require less resources and time to make a positive impact than the other?

‍If you already have a robust HR department but know you’ll need to hire several programmers and spend months developing an entirely new ordering and fulfilment system, save yourself some energy and set yourself up for success by starting where the most resources are.

‍When you’re able to recognize and effectively optimize your resources, the immediate returns can be reinvested right back into other crucial goals on your roadmap.