Digital Deification

Jul 17, 2026 · Industry Insights

Digital Transformation Is Management Reform in Tech Clothing, Not a Tech Project

The article argues that digital transformation is fundamentally a management reform disguised as technology, explaining through five layers—rule codification, management-rooted pain points, organizational power restructuring, management-dependent value realization, and repayment of accumulated management debt—why practitioners increasingly function as management consultants rather than technologists.