Technology is altering the way leaders of all organizations in every industry are having to conduct business operations, from internal processes, customer outreach, insights and analytics, and risk. In the past year, the explosion of generative AI has accelerated digital transformation, continuing a cumulative trend that was sped up by the recent necessity to move to remote work caused by the COVID pandemic.

We polled leaders in the following areas:

• HUMALOGY^®: The impact of the integration of technology and humanity
• Digital Impact on Individuals: How digital tools are shaping work and well-being
• Digital Impact on Organizations: The pace in which organizations are transforming
• Data Science: How leaders and organizations are harnessing the power of data
• Artificial Intelligence: How leaders and organizations are integrating new artificial intelligence tools into their daily operations and tasks
• Security & Risk: What are the biggest threats leaders face in digital environments?
• Future Technology: Will increasing adoption of digital tools change organizations and individuals for better or worse?

Some of our key findings include:

• Leaders understand that they need to move toward integrating more technology into their organizations in the next half decade, but often the transition has been slow, and organizations still rely heavily on manual operations
• Leaders believe they face a risk from the competition harnessing generative AI faster than they do
• Many leaders believe technology is causing increasing complexity in the world and would like less technology in their lives to bring back more simplicity and peace
• Most leaders see cybersecurity as one of the biggest risks their organization faces and know they need to do more to protect their digital assets
• Although many leaders are unsure of the impact technology will have on humanity, most are excited for what digital transformation will mean for their lives and careers.

This report is filled with insights from leaders in numerous different industries and organizational scope. It is a wide-ranging look at how leaders view the way digital tools are changing the way we live and work.