By Juan Solana*
The digital transformation ceased to be a differential to become the foundation on which business growth and resilience will be built in the coming years. However, in Mexico the transit to a new paradigm continues to be, in many cases, more ideal than real.
According to him 2025 digital maturity reportMexican companies register an advance of the 41.7% In its digitalization process, well below the threshold of the 70% which is considered ideal to operate competitively in the current environment. This is not just a technological gap; but a strategic and cultural gap.
More than isolated investments in new tools, the emergence of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) requires the reinvention of business models, operational processes and organizational structures. However, the data is overwhelming: just the 1% From Mexican organizations it has managed to integrate AI in a transversal way, beyond pilot projects or limited experiments.
The question is not whether companies must bet on AI, but if they will be able to integrate it organically before being irrelevant to more agile competitors. The adoption rate It will be the differentiating factor and, in this race, Digital leadership “Or his absence,” is what will separate the innovators from the laggards. “
Although the 69% of companies in Mexico It has already begun to invest in AI, the 47% of managers Recognize that its adoption advances slowly and inconsistently. This shows that investments, by themselves, do not ensure the transformation: without a clear strategy, trained talent and a prepared infrastructurethe most advanced tools become underutilized assets.
True transformation requires much more than implementing new technologies; It implies redefining the way we conceive efficiency, innovation and value. The Lack of digital skills at managerial levels emerges as a structural obstacle. Instead of delegating digitalization to the technological area, business leaders must appropriate this agenda as a strategic priority.
Transform organizations into the AI era does not require having all responses in advance: it requires cultivate an organizational culture capable of learning, adapting and experiencing quicklywhere the calculated error is perceived as part of the road to innovation.
In addition, it requires balance the structure with disruption: Maintain solid but flexible governance systems; establish clear objectives, but open to continuous iteration; and build internal capabilities, but with vision of external collaboration.
Digital transformation, understood in its deepest dimension, It is not a project with start and term date. It is a structural and continuous change in the way companies operate, create value and relate to their clients, collaborators and communities.
Ultimately, the organizations that will prosper will be those that understand that True disruption does not happen in systems, but in mentalities. Technology is the habilitator; Strategic thinking and the culture of adaptation are the true engines of success. In a world where competitive advantage is increasingly ephemeral, The transformation can no longer wait. It is time to act with vision, with strategy and boldness.
About the author:
*Juan Solana is a leading consulting partner in business and innovation transformation in EY Latin America
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