Technology today is a source of new competitive advantage for some organizations and a threat to ongoing survival for others. As a result, the distinction between corporate strategy and technology strategy is blurring—each needs to inform the other. Savvy corporate strategists are looking beyond their organization’s current tech capabilities and competitive landscape to consider a broader range of future possibilities about how technology can expand where they play and how they win. But the complex range of uncertainties and possibilities can be too much for the human brain to process on its own. That’s why strategists are turning to strategic technology platforms equipped with advanced analytics, automation, and AI. Organizations are using these tools to continually identify internal and external strategic forces, inform strategic decisions, and monitor outcomes. As a result, companies are transforming strategy development from an infrequent, time-consuming process to one that’s continuous and dynamic, helping strategists think more expansively and creatively about the wide range of future possibilities.

Jamie Sawchuk, Government and Public Service Leader and National GPS Ecosystem and Alliance Leader, Deloitte Inc., Victoria, B.C

Jamie Sawchuk is Deloitte’s Global Government and Public Sector - Civil Government Sub-Sector Leader. He is also Deloitte Canada National GPS - Civil Government Leader and National GPS Alliances and Ecosystems Leader. Jamie is part of the Deloitte national leadership for Deloitte’s Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan and an Advisory Member of the World Economic Forum - Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Breaking Barriers in Precision Medicine. Jamie has worked across Canada and internationally with a broad spectrum of public and private clients. Jamie was instrumental in creating Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster and is committed to collaborating with other innovators to help Canadian business leverage technology to become globally competitive.  Currently, Jamie is working with clients across Canada to respond to the COVID pandemic, to lay the foundation for a sustainable and resilient recovery, and to emerge positioned to thrive by leveraging platform technologies, agile workforces and Canadian “ethics” to be globally competitive in the “new normal.”