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* 1. Please enter your contact details

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* 2. To what extent is your organization currently achieving positive business outcomes as a result of its use of digital technologies?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is to a great extent.

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* 3. If you are achieving positive business outcomes, across what dimensions are they being achieved?
(Check all that apply)

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* 4. To what extent do you expect your organization will achieve positive business outcomes two years from now as a result of its use of digital technologies?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is to a great extent.

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* 5. If you expect to achieve positive business outcomes, across what dimensions are you expecting it?
(Check all that apply)

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* 6. How would you compare your organization’s market position to those of your competitors?

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* 7. To what extent have digital technologies helped your organization outperform your competitors?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is to a great extent.

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* 8. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the current impact of digital technologies on your organization’s performance?

  Strongly disagree Somewhat disagree Neither agree nor disagree Somewhat agree Strongly agree Don’t know
The use of digital technologies has increased customer loyalty
The use of digital technologies has increased our top line revenue
Digital technologies have helped our organization optimize the costs of serving customers
Our organization has been able to reduce costs by using digital technologies to achieve internal efficiencies
We have a single customer view across all channels and customer touchpoints

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* 9. To what extent will your organization’s legacy systems have to be completely replaced as a result of digital technologies?

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* 10. To what extent will investments in digital technologies change in your organization over the next two years?

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* 11. To what extent is your organization supporting each of the following with digital technologies?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is to a great extent.

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Improving customer-facing touchpoints and experiences
Improving non-customer-facing operations (e.g. middle and back office operations such as accounting, sales operations, auditing and procurement, etc.)
Improving decisions (e.g. better view of performance and customers)
Launching new products and services
Launching new business models

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* 12. How well does your organization’s middle/back office functions and systems (e.g. accounting, sales operations, auditing and procurement) support what customers expect in terms of customer experience?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is extremely poorly and 10 is extremely well.

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* 13. To what extent is each of the following a barrier to your organization’s use of digital technologies?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is to a great extent.

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Legacy systems
Change management capabilities
Insufficient budget
Lack of talent/skills required
Inadequate collaboration between IT and lines of business
Insufficient technical skills on the part of our technology staff
Inability to work across silos
Lack of corporate vision for digital
Inability to experiment quickly
Cyber security
Risk-averse culture

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* 14. Which one of the following functional areas are you most familiar with in terms of the skills and capabilities it possesses?

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* 15. For each of the following, please select the capabilities that you perceive your IT organization possesses and your function possesses?

  IT Your function Don’t know
The ability to tightly align, through governance and metrics, any digital intervention to business outcomes
Using structured development approaches (such as design thinking) to identify opportunities to create value for customers before we design solutions using digital technologies
Using structured improvement methods such as Lean principles when integrating middle and back office functions to meet customer experience expectations
The ability to consistently act on insights from data

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* 16. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your company’s legacy operating systems?

  Strongly disagree Somewhat disagree Neither agree nor disagree Somewhat agree Strongly agree Don’t know
Upgrading legacy systems is a top priority relative to other initiatives
The return on investment in legacy system upgrades has been significantly beneficial to the company
Current legacy systems present a significant risk to the company
Our design and implementation approach is effective at overcoming the challenges associated with upgrading legacy systems and processes
Our partners have a deep understanding of our legacy architecture and can design and implement effective digital technology solutions

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* 17. Which one of the following statements is most accurate regarding your company’s legacy systems transformation?

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* 18. Which of the following legacy systems present the greatest challenge to your organization?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is to a great extent.

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Policy Admin
Claims Admin
ERP
CRM/Agency Management
Analytics System

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* 19. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the current impact of analytics on your organization’s performance?

  Strongly disagree Somewhat disagree Neither agree nor disagree Somewhat agree Strongly agree Don’t know
Analytics is integrated into our organizations culture and day-to-day work
The use of analytics provides actionable insight about our processes
Analytics provides end-to-end process visibility and transparency
Analytics drives our organizations key performance metrics
Analytics helped our processes become more efficient
Analytics helped our processes become more effective
Analytics helped to improve customer outcomes
Our overall analytics initiatives have achieved positive business outcomes

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* 20. To what extent is each of the following a barrier to your organization’s use of analytics?
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is to a great extent.

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Legacy systems
Change management capabilities
Insufficient budget
Lack of talent/skills required within the line of business
Inadequate collaboration between analytics/IT and lines of business
Insufficient business skills on the part of our analytics/IT staff
Inability to work across silos
Lack of corporate vision for analytics
Inability to experiment quickly
Governance and compliance requirements
Risk-averse culture
Timely access to data
Data quality and consistency

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* 21. How many individuals does your organization employ?

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* 22. Which of the following best describes your employment status?

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* 23. Which of the following best describes the functional area in which you work?

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* 24. What is your current job title?
If your exact title is not listed here, please choose the one that comes closest to describing your title or level.

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* 25. What were the approximate gross annual sales or revenues for your entire company in 2015?
(US Dollars or equivalent)

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