Dicitas Consulting and Sia Partners join forces to strengthen their advisory services in Digital Transformation
Written by DicitasSia Partners and Dicitas Consulting join their forces in innovation and digital transformation advisory services. Dicitas Consulting joins Sia Partners and will bring it’s clientbase, digital thought leadership and team to the Dutch branch of the international consultancy. “The integration of Dicitas Consulting follows our growth ambition in the BeNeLux market says Robert Jan van Vliet, partner at Sia Partners Netherlands.
Sia Partners, founded in 1999 in France, has experienced strong growth in recent years and employs around 1200 consultants and staff in 20+ branche offices in more than 15 countries. In the Netherlands, Sia Partners is one of the fastest growing consultancy firms. Through the addition of Dicitas Consulting, the Dutch team grows to over 40 partners and consultants, giving the consultancy firm a solid basis to advise and support customers within the sectors it focuses on: financial services, energy & utilities and now also in FMCG, Retail, Transport Industry, Media and Telecom.
Nederlandse merken verbeteren zich slechts langzaam op digitaal gebied
Written by Dicitas
Dicitas Consulting heeft voor het tweede achtereenvolgende jaar de Digital Dominance Benchmark uitgevoerd. Deze benchmark toont de competitieve sterkte van een merk in de verschillende digitale kanalen. #DIS2018NL
Ten opzichte van de vorige benchmark in 2017 hebben Nederlandse bedrijven en merken zich slechts beperkt verbeterd voor wat betreft de digitale zichtbaarheid en kracht van hun merk. Dit in tegenstelling tot bedrijven in een aantal andere landen van Europa zoals Engeland, Duitsland en Frankrijk. Er bestaat nog steeds een kloof tussen wat klanten verwachten en ervaren van een merk in de huidige digitale wereld. Het dichten van deze digitale prestatiekloof is voor veel bedrijven een serieuze uitdaging. Read more
A wonderful Christmas and a Prosperous 2017!
Written by DicitasDicitas Consulting wishes you a wonderful Christmas and a Prosperous 2017!
Digital Innovation Summit III: 15 September 2016
Written by Dicitas
For the third consecutive year, Dicitas Consulting will organize the Digital Innovation Summit on Thursday, the 15th of September 2016. The Digital Innovation Summit is an annual event presenting the latest thought leadership in digital trends, innovation and transformation.
Retailers. Dare to transform!
Written by Martin Hermsen
Retail companies have been dealing with increasingly diverse and faster paced consumer expectations for some time now. To satisfy these expectations, they have felt forced to move faster and faster within a wide variety of channels. Mostly though, they implemented cosmetic changes such as loyalty programs, store remodels, adapting product portfolios, etc. Again and again it was a difficult trade-off between consumer experience, logistical efficiency and business profitability.
What if competition knows your 2016 plans? IT alone won’t save you
Written by Martin Hermsen
Security. What happens if your competitors have your list of customers, prices, discounts, promotion plans, innovation reports? In a recent HBR webinar featuring the Pentagon, security was the key topic. Of course they are the obvious target in Cyberwar, but what about your and my business.
“Last year, Holland lost more money to cybercrime (4.0% of its GDP) than it gained from IT (3.2%).”
Too many companies still rely on firewalls and refreshing passwords as key security actions. Yet, I have noticed first hand what people do immediately when they find a USB drive somewhere: “Oh, let’s look what’s on the stick”. In seconds a computer is infected with remote access malware or could even be fried. And it’s not about that infected computer alone.
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The battle of the digital ecosystems
Written by Martin Hermsen
The battle of the digital eco-systems
A couple of minutes ago I got triggered to write this quick blog. In my LinkedIn timeline passed a sponsored message from Bol.com, a Dutch e-tailer that is part of the Ahold Group. The message shows this company truly understands what digital transformation is about and in which interesting era we live.
Digital Transformation: To CDO or not to CDO, that is the question.
Written by Martin Hermsen
A couple of days ago I was asked to join a Chief Digital Officer Roundtable in London* to discuss the many pitfalls and challenges a digital transformation brings to an organization. Looking at the program and the intended attendee list it promises to be a very interesting couple of days. Nonetheless, the title of the conference left me in limbo: Does an organization need a Chief Digital Officer? (CDO) The title ‘Chief Digital Officer’ holds quite some aspects.
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