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Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation: Leading a Mindful Redesign of the Digital Enterprise
Author:by Sara Teitelman (Author)
Publisher:Wiley
Edition:1st edition
Publication Date:2025-01-15
Language:English
Hardcover:240pages
ISBN-10:1394273282
ISBN-13:9781394273287
Book Description
Learn practical methods for reducing technology overload and related employee burnout at your organization
In Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation: Leading a Mindful Redesign of the Digital Enterprise, veteran digital transformation consultant, Sara Teitelman, MPH, shares her proven process for improving the state of an organization’s enterprise technology in ways that boost employee happiness and productivity. Grounded in best practices from human-centered design, knowledge management, and change management, these methods will help organizations of all sizes assess the performance of their digital tools and develop a phased plan of action for decluttering their digital landscape and realizing the full value of their IT investments. Importantly, it is these same actions that will position organizations to make best use of the growing collection of highly sophisticated, AI-driven capabilities that will soon be part of every workplace.
Case studies and downloadable templates developed over hundreds of successful client projects are included to help readers immediately put the concepts presented to work. In this book, readers will learn how to:
- Assess the current state of their enterprise technology and uncover the ways that it is hindering productivity and employee satisfaction
- Quantify and reduce IT spend on recurring software subscriptions
- Address IT system overlap and duplication to streamline business processes and reduce user confusion
- Provide employees with clear guidelines and training on use of their enterprise digital tools
- Involve people from across the organization in technology decision-making to reduce inter-departmental friction and uncover synergies
The antidote to an issue plaguing nearly every modern enterprise, Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation is an essential guide for all business leaders, executives, and managers seeking to tame their enterprise IT landscape and pave the way to higher employee satisfaction and a healthier bottom line.
From the Inside Flap
Hyperbolic marketing and incentivized viral adoption of enterprise software has led to out-of-control software subscription costs, confusing IT landscapes, and frustrated employees. Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation: Leading a Mindful Redesign of the Digital Enterprise is an antidote to the digital chaos that companies are now experiencing. A thoroughly practical guide for business leaders from in and outside of IT, these methods will help organizations of all sizes put a stop to ballooning expenses and realize the full value of their IT investments while positioning their organizations to think and act about technology on the road ahead.
Readers will gain access to veteran digital transformation consultant Sara Teitelman’s proven process for digital decluttering, which spans from envisioning the ideal future state of your digital workplace and the culture it supports, to categorizing and eliminating tools, to redesigning the tech that remains to ensure a seamless and secure digital employee experience. Case studies and downloadable tools developed over the course of hundreds of successful client projects enable readers to start applying these concepts to their organizations as soon as today.
Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation is a timely, essential read for business leaders seeking to streamline their enterprise technology in ways that benefit both their employees and the bottom line.
From the Back Cover
PRAISE FOR ZEN AND THE ART OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
“Sara Teitelman’s Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation will enable business leaders to achieve their full potential with digital transformation by cultivating a mindful approach to digital maturity. This is a must-read book that applies a human centric approach to doing more with less.”
―R “RAY” WANG, CEO of Constellation Research, Inc., Co-Host of DisrupTV, Bestselling Author
“This transformative guide is a must-read for anyone seeking to harmonize technology and humanity in the workplace. Sara Teitelman offers a refreshing perspective and practical advice on how forward-thinking organizations can create a more innovative and fulfilling work environment.”
―AMANDA WIND O’DONNELL, Director of Organizational Excellence at Break Through Tech
“If your company is bogged down by a proliferation of duplicative tech, use Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation to discover where your organization can streamline and take back your digital advantage. Teitelman’s book is an essential how-to manual in decluttering the disheveled closet of your digital workplace, Marie Kondo-style.”
―NATHAN FISHER, Director, Internal Communication, Databricks, Tesla and Google
“Zen and the Art of Digital Transformation is your roadmap to success. If you invest the time to read and follow this book’s strategies, you will save time, have happier employees, and create off-the-charts positive levels of dialogue and confidence building with stakeholders, executives, and the board.”
―ROSS COMSTOCK, Innovator and Tech Leader, former VP, Information Systems and Technology at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
About the Author
SARA TEITELMAN, MPH, is CEO of the digital transformation firm, Ideal State, which she co-founded in 2016. She began her career as a public health professional before shifting her focus to the digital health of the organizations where she worked, which included the Gates Foundation and international NGO Pact.Br />More than 15 years and hundreds of client projects later, Sara’s unique blend of human-centered design, knowledge management, and change management has helped organizations of all sizes transform their digital landscape in ways that boost employee engagement and organizational efficiency.
She has been a featured speaker at industry conferences including KMWorld, APQC, NTEN, and Digital Workplace Experience and holds a master of public health degree from the University of Washington.
Sara lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband, Jeremy, and young daughter, Abigail.
