Conclusive Remarks

Somehow, this is an uncomfortable book. The reason is that, while designing bright horizons and unexpected opportunities for the future of humanities, it puts all of us in front of our responsibilities. Changing a mindset is one of the most difficult process that a person could face. For an institution (business, government, NGOs, and media), it is even more difficult. The volume courageously invites the reader to navigate the turbulent waters of the digital transformative oceans on a new ship, with unknown instruments: a new compass, original glasses, and a wide-angle telescope. Via unsettling analogies taken from many distant sectors and a wide array of examples to solidly ground the interdisciplinary and empirical approach into real cases, not to lose the navigation course, the book provides a social and cultural approach to analyse the transformative mindset. The aim is to have institutions and individuals become the protagonists of a better future for our planet, for all people, respectful of the environment and of inclusiveness. The volume is aimed to institutions, professionals, scholars, teachers, and students. If the book stimulates students to learn how purposefully and autonomously to explore the web to grasp its deeper meaning, institutions are solicited to answer to direct quests that go right to the core of their transformative DNA, as: ‘How effectively are you carrying on DT in a sustainable, people-centred way? How are you aware of your social role and your social impact? How DT may be carried on diversely and more effectively to achieve your mission? Which is your cultural DT profile and what are your DT areas of strength and areas of improvement, under a cultural perspective?’