Technology Magazine September 2019 | Page 211

211 solutions that one of Mahapatra ’ s biggest challenges is in hiring and retaining the highly specialized talent required to drive digital transformations . Ultimately , for Mahapatra and PwC , digital transformation is not about small efficiency optimizations . It is about survival . “ It ’ s not about shiny objects ,” says Mahapatra . “ Tinkering is insufficient . CIOs should be talking about it all the time with their boards and C-suite , mobilizing the entire company , because tech is existential . I ’ m trying to help them understand that it ’ s increasingly clear that we are entering into a highly disruptive extinction event . Enterprises that don ’ t transform themselves will disappear completely .”
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