Does experience really matter in digital transformation?

Before digital transformation and kaikaku, the focus was on the still necessary lean and agile umbrella with their related methodologies and approaches.
Digital transformation, however, is a top-down change that requires time and investment. It does not involve processes, procedures, or projects, but it starts only at astrategy level. All of this makes it challenging for beginners to gain immediate decision-making authority and be taken seriously by CEOs.

The nature of digital transformation raises an interesting question: How likely is it to find a true digital transformation expert who is not just an IT/Tech or any business transformation specialist? In this new era, no individual can claim to be a digital transformation guru, levelling the playing field and theoretically giving everyone an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of their work experience. This realisation brings light on why only large organisations can often afford digital transformations, as they have the resources to absorb even potential and huge losses. However, this also highlights that smaller companies stand to gain even more value from successful digital transformation initiatives.

Digital Transformation is a departure from traditional IT/tech or lean and agile approaches. It provokes me to wonder if experience has less relevance in this context than innovation and insight. The founders of Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple themselves have demonstrated remarkable achievements in their early years. Younger individuals’ mind is rower, wilder than the filtered, sophisticated and refined adults’ one.

Could digital transformation truly be a realm where insight gets over experience?