Club Meeting and Challenges of Digital Transformation Projects with Peter Carr

Synopsis
Most organizations recognize that substantial technological change is necessary to survive in the digital age and yet most digital transformation projects fail. This session describes the most common contributors to failure and provides an assessment tool (developed for the University of Waterloo Watspeed Digital Transformation Certificate Program) that can be used to assess your project vulnerability and plan your response to it.

Biography
Peter Carr works on the radical impact of information technology on organisations and society and our response to it. He is the author and instructor of the University of Waterloo’s Watspeed certificate program in Digital Transformation which is delivered online, globally. He is also the author of the book, The Engineer’s Guide to Digital Transformation (2025), which is available from Engineering.com. Peter is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

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