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Digitalization: Reality vs Memes

What is really “digitalization”, and how does COVID influence its course?

Fabio Turel
4 min readSep 13, 2021

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In this series of interviews, I am discussing some of the risks analyzed in my book “Will My Project Survive the Pandemic? with managers and executives who dealt with those risks in the course of the COVID outbreak and the subsequent phases of the pandemic.

For risks related to IT security and the acceleration of digitalization, I had the pleasure to interview Martin Frick: besides being in the top 10 for the CIO of the Year award of in the “Large Enterprise” category by Computerwoche/cio.de, Martin is an influential thinker (co-author of the Digital Cookbook) and one of those persons who have the rare ability to constantly surprise you with fresh insights and new ideas.

“digitalization leads to nothing less than a comprehensive overhaul of the enterprise’s business model and operating model”

Photo by C-Level, courtesy of Martin Frick

Notice: The questions and answers in this interview represent general practices and theoretical principles, and are drawn from personal experience. The content of

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Fabio Turel

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