Herding Cats: How to Lead a Digital Transformation in a Federated Organization

Originally published by CXO REvolutionaries. Written by Yves Le Gelard, Former Group CIO and Chief Digital Officer, ENGIE. A tale of two types of organization Organizations embarking on digital transformations typically fall somewhere on a spectrum between rigidly hierarchical – in which leaders’ authority is taken for granted – and loosely federated – where a collection of once-independent companies lacks a shared culture and resists coalescing around universally recognized leadership. The f...

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