Digital Rebirth transcends digital transformation. It involves a revolutionary reinventing of the purpose, nature and processes of a company, with accompanying digital business and technological platforms.
This book presents a clear framework for practical digital rebirth of companies, contrasting it to prevalent "digital transformation" approaches. Aimed at large and medium-sized companies, as well as their subcontractors and service providers, but also at budding entrepreneurs, it should be read and used by company boards, executives, managers, startup leaders and business consultants..
- In every section of the book you will find proven concepts of Digital Rebirth, digital reinvention, collaborative digital practices, combinatorial technologies, digital platforms, digital ecosystems and pointers how to move from obsolete mindsets and left-over baggage to reinvented digitalization minds and processes.
- It shows clearly how some major companies have digitally rebirthed themselves - or are in the process of it - to be or to become a leading player in the digital economy.
- Company (and industry) illustrations are accompanied by descriptions of Digital Rebirth approaches, methodologies and practical tools.
- The book's content is ideal for use in company workshops and executive sessions, as well as business leadership mindset sessions, and has been validated in such activities by the authors, including boards of highly renowned companies on all continents.
- At the end of the book, the unique approach of Digital Rebirth is condensed into a framework of five digital drivers, to assist in the right activities for purposeful and successful company rebirth.
The concept of Digital Rebirth shows clearly that, in the light of recent developments like Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0 and Cloud-based Services, well-established traditional industry and competitive models are not any longer satisfactory to understanding and dealing with digital realities.

MARIUS LEIBOLD is a leadership consultant doing business for more than 20 years. He is visiting professor at the University of North Carolina, Business School Netherlands, and Massey University, New Zealand, and professor emeritus at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and regarded as a leading-edge business rebirth counselor in the digital-augmented society. He has also been a Case Study Associate at Harvard Business School. He has wide experience in top-level executive workshops in the U.S., Europe, Australasia and Africa. He has published a number of books and articles for executives, including "Strategic Management in the Innovation Economy" with Tom Davenport and Sven Voelpel, and "Managing the Aging Workforce".
SVEN C. VOELPEL is an expert for excellence as Professor of Business Administration at the Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, as well as founding president of the WISE Group and the WDN - WISE Demographic Network. The author of many publications, incl. bestselling books and Harvard Business School case studies, has been serving with guest and honorary professorships at e.g. INSEAD, Tsinghua and St. Gallen as well as with Visiting Fellowships at Harvard University. He is well-experienced in executive workshops, listed among the top 100 entrepreneurs in German-speaking countries by Speakers Excellence, and an internationally renowned keynote speaker.