02.1Digital, Data & AI
Digital transformation
Redesigning how a business operates around technology: digital transformation work that AI has multiplied demand for across nearly every industry.
The engagement
How we help
Digital transformation is redesigning how a business operates around technology: not bolting software onto old workflows, but rethinking the operating model so technology becomes leverage instead of a line item. AI has multiplied demand for this work, and multiplied the cost of getting it wrong.
We start from the business outcome, not the tool: what advantage you're trying to create, then which technology and operating changes actually get you there. The engagement produces a transformation you can sequence and fund: a roadmap tied to value, with the change management that keeps it from becoming an expensive IT project no one adopts.
Our founder's prior engagement at a global consulting firm was M&A work targeting $150M in annual synergies through AI transformation, supply-chain globalization, and operating-model optimization. That was prior work for that engagement, not a Praxis client result, but the same range this practice brings to a transformation roadmap.
Where the redesign comes down to automating the work itself, that is a separate, done-for-you offer rather than an advisory engagement.
- Practice
- Digital, Data & AI practice
- Typical buyer
- CEOs, CIOs & CDOs
- Reach
- Worldwide
Deliverables
What you receive
Transformations stall when they're organized around technology instead of outcomes. The work keeps the business case in the driver's seat throughout.
- 01
A digital diagnosis
Where technology is creating advantage today, where it's only creating cost, and where the biggest gaps sit: read against the business, not the stack.
How the business should run once transformed:
processes, roles, and data flows reshaped around the outcome you're chasing.
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A prioritized roadmap
The sequence of changes that compounds value, funded in stages, so early wins pay for later ambition.
Where to build, buy, or wait:
clear-eyed about ROI and total cost, not driven by the newest platform.
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An adoption plan
The change management that turns new systems into new behaviour, so the investment shows up in how work actually gets done.
How we work
How the engagement runs
- 01
Assess
We read the business and its technology together to find where digital genuinely creates advantage and where it just adds cost.
- 02
Architect
We design the target operating model and the roadmap to reach it: sequenced so value arrives in stages, not all at the risky end.
- 03
Transform
We stay through execution and adoption, because a transformation the organization never absorbs is the most expensive kind of slide deck.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Is digital transformation just buying new software?
- No. That's the trap. It's redesigning how the business operates so technology creates leverage. Software that automates a broken process just makes the problem run faster.
- How has AI changed this work?
- AI has both multiplied demand and raised the stakes: there's more genuine advantage available, and more ways to spend heavily for none of it. Keeping the business case ahead of the tooling matters more than ever.
- How is a digital transformation engagement scoped?
- Around the decision, not a package. We agree what has to be answered, what evidence that takes, and how long it should run: then quote that. A first call is a scoping call, with no obligation and no packaged pitch, and the quote is free.
By sector
Sectors where this work applies
The sectors where digital transformation is most often the right first engagement, with the reason in each case.
- 02.1Hospital & health systemsHealthcare & MedicalModernize systems and workflow when legacy technology is capping quality and cost.
- 03.1BankingFinance & InsuranceModernize the operating model and core systems without risking the franchise.
- 03.5InsuranceFinance & InsuranceModernize underwriting, distribution, and claims without breaking the regulated core.
- 02.5Payers & health insurersHealthcare & MedicalModernize the operating model when legacy systems cap efficiency and experience.
- 03.2Asset & wealth managementFinance & InsuranceScale advice and modernize the client experience without losing the relationship.
- 05.4RailTransportation & LogisticsModernize a traditionally slow-moving operation with data and scheduling technology.
Related services
More services in Digital, Data & AI
- 02.2AI implementation consultingAdvising on AI tool selection, integration, and ROI: the AI implementation consulting category growing faster than any other practice we run today.
- 02.3AI change managementGuiding teams and cultures through AI adoption: change management work so new tools actually stick and the operating model shifts along with them.
- 02.4AI ethics & governanceRisk, policy, and regulatory compliance around AI use: ethics and governance work that board-level and regulated-industry buyers pay a real premium for.
- 02.5Data strategy consultingData architecture, governance, and monetization: the data strategy work delivered as independent advisory, worldwide, from a California base.
Often scoped alongside
Planning a digital transformation?
Tell us the advantage you're trying to create. A first conversation is a scoping conversation: no obligation, no packaged pitch.
No obligation · a scoping conversation first