7 The Only Constant

Leading as Transitioning

As digital shockwaves accelerate, sending out wave after wave of transformative disruption, digital will become the cornerstone of enterprise and public services competitiveness and growth, bringing both opportunities and risks. The business and social impacts of these shockwaves will intensify competition in all industries, and will require the development of new employee skills, new forms of security, and new business models.

—Thierry Breton, former CEO of Atos, European Commissioner for Internal Markets

Thierry Breton’s plan to transition the multinational IT giant Atos into a global leader of digital services was massive and urgent. At the time, digital shockwaves, as he evocatively described ...

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