--- title: What Is Digital Transformation? description:   Too often IT is asked for “Digital Transformation” or building capabilities at a “Moment of Truth” or creating an “Omnichannel 360° Customer View.” That sounds great, but what does that mean? And who can do all that? McKinsey &… image: https://shadow-soft.com/hubfs/what-is-digital-transformation-just-sayin-shadow-soft.png --- [Skip to content](https://shadow-soft.com/content/what-is-digital-transformation#main-content) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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And who can do all that? McKinsey & Co. recently reported that every industry is short on talent and long on business demands: ***“Companies need to close their talent gap; it’s wider than they think. One bank discovered only 35% of its senior tech talent had the skills the bank needed and more than 50% of the talent required significant, systematic capability building.”*** Unfortunately, digital transformation frequently turns into “Shadow IT” where people (Marketing, Operations, Sales) can’t wait for a comprehensive transformation so they do it on their own. 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