Digital Transformation and Smart Cities – Are they the same?
There has been much written about Digital Transformation and probably a similar amount regarding Smart Cities. This blog will explore some of these two concepts with the focus on Smart Cities within the context of Australian Local Government Authorities (LGAs).
What should define a Digital Transformation for LGAs?
What makes a Smart City?
Is Digital Transformation a mandatory requirement of becoming a Smart City?
Defining Digital Transformation
“Digital Transformation is the integration of digital technology into all areas of a business, fundamentally changing how you operate and deliver value to customers. It’s also a cultural change that requires organizations to continually challenge the status quo, experiment, and get comfortable with failure.” – Enterprisers Project The…
What makes a Smart City?
Following on from the basic services – there are many more that vary by LGAs, let’s consider some which can be impacted by digital technologies. Waste collection and management are areas that we are seeing LGAs take a digital approach. Whilst these rely on civil works and physical infrastructure…
Is Digital Transformation a mandatory requirement to become a Smart City?
A digital culture is a better perspective to take rather than Digital Transformation. The problem when talking about Digital Transformation is it implies some form of caterpillar to butterfly process. In other words, the transformation happens and then everything is complete. By thinking digital culture, it implies a journey, which…