Ian Coyne holds a postgraduate certificate in international management and an executive MBA from ENPC Paris. He spent his early career as a consultant at KPMG, where he dealt with transformation at large clients through technology and process change. The last five years have been spent at one of the leading global executive search firms, Russell Reynolds Associates, where he works with CEOs and executive teams to drive culture change through people and data. Furthermore, he is a published author on the topic of change management in business.
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Part 4
The digital transformation has been launched in the enterprise, leadership has been established, the digital transformation is shaped and must now be driven forward. There might be appropriate talent already in the enterprise, but very often a gap of suitably skilled and experienced personnel is evident. Bringing sufficient digital talent on board is paramount for the success of a digital initiative. Talent is needed at different levels: Organisations often start with the ‘catalyst hire’ – the person who is going to change the world, for example a CDO hired from another organisation. Imagine they are the pebble tossed into the pond.
