Digital Transformation

Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction

By: Thomas M. Siebel

Narrated by: Thomas M. Siebel

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's Summary

From visionary Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tom Siebel comes a penetrating examination of the new technologies that are disrupting business and government - and how organizations can harness them to transform into digital enterprises. 

The confluence of four technologies - elastic cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things - writes Siebel, is fundamentally changing how business and government will operate in the 21st century. 

Siebel masterfully guides listeners through a fascinating discussion of the game-changing technologies driving digital transformation and provides a roadmap to seize them as a strategic opportunity. He shows how leading enterprises such as Enel, 3M, Royal Dutch Shell, the US Department of Defense, and others are applying AI and IoT with stunning results. 

Digital Transformation is the guidebook every business and government leader needs to survive and thrive in the new digital age. 

Image credited to Regan McCamey 

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 

©2019 Thomas M. Siebel (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

The bible for your Digital Transformation projects

It's always an advantage to me when the authors read their books, and Tom Siebel effortlessly conveys all of his experience and seriousness with his reading performance.

The book was well structured, and in theory, it would allow a listener to jump to chapters of their particular interest easily. The insights provided were highly relevant to me as a manager in a software company, even though the target audience would likely be business executives and consultants.

I found myself taking many notes, as the book is full of compelling facts and relevant advice. It was nice to see that Tom Siebel shared blueprints from his own company C3.ai of how to succeed with digitial transformation projects.

An interesting historical exploration

And a pitch for digital "transformation" supposedly inevitable due to cloud computing, AI, IoT and big data. Turns out AI as used throughout the book has a specific definition much reduced from the earlier Computer Science perspective. It means cleverness in only tightly defined contexts, not general intelligence provided through an artificial platform.
It fails to explore value from any other perspective than financial, and blithely neglects social impacts. I suggest technologists have broader ethical responsibilities as well, not just "making a buck".
It also skates by Moore and Metcalfe's "laws" - failing to note that we've already reached atomic scale constraints and quantum effect limitations, and the definition of value in networked contexts is simplistic in Metcalfe's law.
Overall, an excellent example of bias at work. Concludes as an advertisement. "Look how awesome and exclusive we are... Buy our services".

From a professional in the field....

From a professional that helps clients implement or execute digital transformations, this book is nicely detailed and provides a good balance between an overview and depth.

That said the narrator couldn’t sound more boring. I had to take breaks from listening to this book and going to other material because he was utterly monotonous. Highly recommend getting a new narrator and republishing.

The narration is painful. The content is great

Why did this audio narration pass review? Its really painful and take away from the awesome content on the book.

The audio is extremely disappointing. This audible needs to be republished with better narration. Getting a refund.

glad I kept listening

at first I was turned off by the narration but, after getting into it there was no way I wasn't finishing. the accuracy and value of the information on DT is unparalleled and presented extremely well.

Good business ovetview

This book really helps you understand what role you can play and what you need to know to dive digital transformation in business.

If you're not techy I'd suggest you read chapters and 2 and then you jump to 10-12 only to go back yo the others later. And maybe read again 10-12 with a different appreciation.

The book houses interesting nuggets of the non tech important aspects you need to know yo embark on a digital transformation. Unfortunately it points out to sources to better understand the technology underpinnings (which is essential and greatly appreciated) but does not offer similar resources for the non tech aspects of DT.

The audio version is no good. The reader is very slow (fortunately you can compensate for it by speeding up) but the voice is still harsh and unclear.

Minus one star due to narrator

Excellent content, but the author's voice is really grainy it's hard for English-as-2nd-language people like me to follow.

Highly Informative

The most informative book that I have listend to/read in several years. I will now study this material chapter by chapter for anything I missed.

An excellent walkthrough on Digital Transformation

It is a huge takeaway for Digital Transformation theory and considerations for every organization, enterprise or business that wants to thrive in this new Information Era to avoid extinction

Very enjoyable

I liked this one. Tom discusses his thoughts on the history, present, and coming future of our technology age

Interesting listen ruined by the narrator

An interesting introduction to various elements of digital transformation from a leadership perspective. However, the author narrates at a snail's pace, pauses for too long and inspires sleep. It is the worst narration I've ever heard. This issue can be alleviated by listening at 1.75x speed, but even then his voice is still not suitable for the content.

mediocre

not as informative as expected, expected more from a unique perspective. nothing was a surprise

Great content, very poor narrator

It’s frustrating listening to great and inspiring content, when the tone of the narrators voice is irritating you - I’m so sorry, but this voice and uninspiring performance is not suitable for an international audience.

Extremely informative with lots of good data points

If you’re wanting some evidence based information around data science and digital transformation this is definitely the book for you. I have taken a lot from it and will be implementing as much as I can in my current workplace.

Interesting information and perspective

I enjoyed the narator but mostly the information he shared with us and his vision regarding the subject. defently i would recommend it

beautifully written and very informative

Thomas Siebel manages to get many vital topics across without ever getting over technical. every c-suite exec should read this book. Excellent.