Challenges of Digital Transformation – LEIZ and SAP launch Joint Innovation Cluster By Isabel Jandeisek and Max Heisterkamp
F R O M L E F T T O R I G H T: C A R L O B E V O L I ( M A N A G I N G D I R E C T O R S A P S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y L A B S ) , O L I V E R D A N C K E R T ( V I C E - P R E S I D E N T S A P S E ) , M I C H A E L M AY E R ( V I C E - P R E S I D E N T S A P S E ) , D R L E N N A R T B R A N D ( M A N A G I N G D I R E C T O R L E I Z )
The era of the Internet of Things – the network of products and
ing in, the digital economy, and thus do not have native digital
machines – is just beginning. Entire value chains are being trans-
structures. And yet, their futures are likely to depend on suc-
formed by digital technology, some of it evolutionary, some of
cessful digital transformation.
it disruptive. Digitalization impacts individuals, businesses and society. This implies both huge challenges and promising op-
Economic and societal change
portunities for companies. The successful exploitation of such opportunities often requires companies to undergo a process
The Lake Constance region, being a highly innovative industri-
of transformation. This particularly concerns well-established
al center, exemplifies many of the unique strengths of German
companies that are not primarily structured around, or operat-
industry which, in the past few decades, has ensured its con-
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