'Seeing Digital' ebook by Leading Edge Forum, a subsidiary of DXC Technology is an excellent handbook to understand the trends in Digital beyond Cloud and will be a great source of information for organizations and leaders embarking on the Digital transformation journey.
The topics have been covered very well in 200+ pages (takes 3 to 4 hours to read) in simple language to cover the following :
1) How Information technology industry has been consumerised and how the innovations and future technologies are stemming up from the consumer market first.
2) The 'Matrix' is becoming a more useful metaphor than the cloud (industry verticals and digital horizontals coming together). Looking at external market to innovate and compete.
3) MI is a more accurate term than AI + Machine learning/Deep Learning. The 'new stuff' will do bother everyone or be left out.
4) Unless carefully used, the word disruption can be meaningless. Also note that dual disruptions at play now - industry and technology in parallel.
5) Everyone wants to become a platform organization - straddling across platforms. Technology and organizations being built on interwoven digital platforms.
6) Business innovation is shifting from inside-out to outside-in - for both inward and outward facing.
7) Cyber (attacks), digital (trust related) and information (too much/less) risks require different defenses
8) IT leadership and digital leadership are not the same (CIO/CTO/Business - positioning) 9) Enterprise IT plays a consistent set of 4P roles - Provide solid, effective, and modern IT services. Promote a strong technology vision for the organization. Partner effectively with marketing, product IT, and the ecosystem. Think like a C-suite Peer.
10) Double-deep (Business and IT expertise) people are the most employable and promotable
11) Innovation is shifting to the human platform
12) Market leaders leverage the technology life cycle
13) Global IT industry competition is becoming bipolar with US & China.
14) Business and technology are inseparable and co-evolving
15) The 2020s and 2030s will see a triple transformation of industries, organizations and careers.
If you are in the IT space (or in any business role with digital influence), strongly recommend.