"Cover" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "INTRODUCTION: How to Digitally Transform" -- "The essentials of digital transformation" -- "What is real digital transformation?" -- "Distilling success into five stages: BUILD" -- "1 BUILD Stage 1: Bridge" -- "Why Bridge?" -- "External Gaps" --...

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