Monday, November 2, 2020

Best “Understanding” (v) Quotes of “Digital Master” Oct, 2020

At times, when you only want to see things from your own point of view, see what you want to see, or hear what you want to hear, often you miss the point to understand the real problem holistically as well as how to solve it creatively or systematically.


"Digital Master” is the series of guidebooks (28+ books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” 

It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, advises on how to run a digital organization to unleash its full potential and improve agility, maturity, and provide insight about Change Management. It also instructs the digital workforce on how to shape a game-changing digital mindset and build the right set of digital capabilities to compete for the future. Here is a set of “Understanding” quotes (v) in “Digital Master.


Our mind is a complex system of complex systems and many of them are very difficult to understand and grasp. They shape our thinking and the way we perceive and understand things.

Holistic thinking involves understanding a system by sensing its large-scale patterns and addressing the big picture. A holistic perspective can fix the misperception by exploring multiple thought processes, zooming out to capture the bigger pictures, and seeing both the forest and the trees.

At times, when you only want to see things from your own point of view, see what you want to see, or hear what you want to hear, often you miss the point to understand the real problem holistically as well as how to solve it creatively or systematically.

To gain the in-depth understanding of interdependence, it is important to apply System Thinking to view the digital organization as an interconnected and interdependent whole; and run a holistic business in a structural way under complex, uncertain and ambiguous circumstances.

Due to the digital characteristics such as hype connectivity and interdependence, Systems Thinking is important for the management to understand the interconnectivity between parts and the whole, look at each function in the enterprise as a system and then, finding a unified means of looking at the essence.

Sometimes, if there's a lack of quality information and holistic understanding, the business intends to solve symptoms but cause more problems later on or perhaps on the other side the company. Thus, it’s critical to solve problems holistically based on coherent information, technical business capabilities, and skillful problem-solvers with a holistic thinking mindset.

To understand the digital business or the world as a complex adaptive system requires an understanding of how the things have come together, being 'built,” as well as how to leverage the system understanding for fine-tuning the business to get digital ready.

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