Frontiers

Risk-Taking Leads to Digital Success

Gerald C. Kane Reading Time: <1 minute

Topics

Frontiers

An MIT SMR initiative exploring how technology is reshaping the practice of management.
More in this series

We asked respondents from our 2017 report on digital business, “Achieving Digital Maturity,” to indicate what factors managers needed to lead in a digital age. What was striking was that the most common responses didn’t involve technical skills or deep digital knowledge. Instead, they centered around the need for experimentation, taking risks, and challenging the status quo. Respondents indicated that figuring out how to manage organizational factors and expectations was more important and more difficult than selecting the best technology solutions.

SHARE THIS CHART

Topics

Frontiers

An MIT SMR initiative exploring how technology is reshaping the practice of management.
More in this series

About the Author

Gerald C. Kane is a professor of information systems at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He tweets @profkane.

Tags:

More Like This

Add a comment

You must to post a comment.

First time here? Sign up for a free account: Comment on articles and get access to many more articles.

Comment (1)
kruti aparnathi
Risk taking is an integral part of success. Powerful people take risks, nevertheless, they don't take thoughtless hazards. Only a fool pushes in. Onlookers might read their actions as imprudent, but that couldn't be further from the fact. People who achieve success take calculated risks. They will think things through and evaluate their options. That they research and gain the information they need to make an informed decision.

Kruti Aparnathi
Digital Marketing