Keys to Successful Adaptation to Digital Enterprises

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode, Craig Brown and Thom Singer welcome the</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Chief Analyst and CEO of Lifecycle Insights Chad Jackson.  Chad works to help engineering executives understand what drives change in the industry in order to make better decisions about investments, enhancements and other solutions.  Today he shares</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">key components to successful adaptation to digital enterprises, lessons that can be learned from adapting to these new systems, and the career opportunities and trends that Chad sees most frequently in companies today. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p><strong>Key components to successful adaptation to digital enterprises</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being proactive is the number one indicator of successful adaptation to digital enterprises.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recognize that new systems will bring disruption to your company. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Identifying your comfort or discomfort level will help to ease the transition to new systems within your organization.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recognize the role that organizational politics will play in adapting new systems</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Work to bring all leaders onto the same page in what needs to change and how to get it done.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lessons learned from systems engineering adaptation</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be keenly aware of the scope of what you’re going to take on. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Systems engineering is a mindset rather than a discipline that needs to be approached