Davies: Large enterprises must build in-house digital capabilities
Russell Davies · a16z Podcast | London Calling for Tech Done in a Different Way · Jan 2, 2019 · at 10:41
Russell Davies, writer and former head of strategy at the UK's Government Digital Service, discusses digital transformation in established organizations.
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“If digital is going to get widely adopted and transform the economy in the UK and that kind of thing, large organizations are going to have to get it, right, you know. They're not all going to be replaced by an app, and that means they have to learn how to do it themselves, I think, for the most part.”
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