Business Transformation Europe Summit Blog

The Top 10 Trends and Challenges of Digital Transformation

08/05/2024

In an increasingly data-driven world, with rapid technological advancements and inflationary strains, the leaders in our Business Transformation Community are facing more pressure than ever to drive digital transformation that delivers tangible business value – and this is no easy task. With the focus shifting from theories and ideas of AI to the practical realities of integrating AI systems, there is a new set of challenges that leaders must tackle.

Here, this article features the real challenges that the leaders in our Business Transformation Community are facing. At the Business Transformation Exchange, in June 2024, leaders shared their insights and challenges about the realities of harnessing AI and the struggles they faced when trying to implement this new technology within their organisations.

Use this article as a roadmap to the successful implementation of AI technologies and learn what mistakes have already been made to ensure a successful path through this new technological world.

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