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Digital transformation is widely misunderstood as being primarily focused on digitizing existing processes, moving to the cloud, or enabling scalability of the business. While this was true historically, today digital transformation requires taking bold steps and deploying advanced technologies such as AI, machine learning, augmented reality, blockchain, and others to create innovative new products that can make new revenue streams possible.

Despite cybersecurity being noted as a top priority according to PwC’s 2024 Global Digital Trust Insights survey of 3,876 business and tech executives at the largest global companies, the actual progress on improving security is sluggish, even stagnant. By making one or two bold moves to put security at the epicenter of innovation, the top companies are positioning themselves for greater productivity and faster growth as they dive into new technologies with confidence that they are well protected.

While IT functions are playing a central role in today’s digital transformation, their future is uncertain with public cloud, everything-as-a-service (XaaS), AI, and other advancements making new demands of IT leaders and their teams. Looking at the challenges and impact of six trends on IT’s mission and value proposition in an AI-enabled world, it’s clear that a leap forward with digital transformation is required if IT wants to be a driving force behind the successful integration and application of technology to build innovative, resilient, sustainable, data-driven organizations.

More family offices are embracing emerging technologies to optimize their operations and prepare for future opportunities; however, success hinges on establishing a clear future-state vision, documenting business requirements, assembling the right team of people, and implementing the right technology solutions at the right time. It’s a digital transformation that uses a holistic approach to encourage stakeholder engagement and bring operational efficiencies and lasting value to the organization.

With the accelerated pace of technology advancements in addition to tax policy changes that require tax teams to synthesize immense amounts of data, tax departments must fully embrace technology to be able to deliver valuable insights and tax planning strategies. This Tax Innovation Guide outlines how to modernize and future-proof your tax practice to navigate the increasingly complicated web of tax laws and regulations, increase the tax department’s adaptability, and gain insights to inform and drive business strategy.

As family offices turn their attention toward achieving operational excellence, they are facing tremendous challenges and opportunities to maximize efficiency and productivity across the enterprise amid constant change and uncertainty. As shown in this report by RSM, it’s the technology and talent considerations that rank as a top concern for many family offices. Additional feedback and key insights on it are provided from more than 500 family office executives, family members, and their advisors.