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Tools for digital transformation

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8languages in the Digital Strategy Check
4,000+organisations in the research
The toolbox

Free practical tools for your digital roadmap

Use these resources from Prof. Marc K. Peter to develop your digital strategy, empower your teams and drive implementation.

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Digital Strategy Check
Self-Assessment

Digital Strategy Check

Determine your digital maturity with 28 questions on digital strategy. You receive an initial assessment of your digital positioning and opportunities for your digital roadmap.

Hospitality Business Model Innovation
Strategy tool

Hospitality Business Model Innovation

The strategy innovation tool allows you to combine 98 business model domains across the three dimensions Value Proposition, Value Creation and Value Capture to develop business models for the hospitality industry.

Workshop templates

For strategy workshops with your team
Digital Transformation Workshop Canvas

Digital Transformation Workshop Canvas

Use this workshop canvas to develop a digital roadmap that empowers your teams and strengthens your competitiveness in the digital age.

Strategic AI Roadmap Workshop Canvas

Strategic AI Roadmap Workshop Canvas

Identify and seize strategic AI opportunities to strengthen an organisation's competitiveness and capacity for innovation.

ACT method checklist: 24 strategic questions

ACT Method Checklist: 24 Strategic Questions

The 24 strategic key questions of the ACT method (Analyse, Create, Transform) with explanations and practical tips, worked through using an SME example.

Digital roadmap template with SME example

Digital Roadmap Template (Digital Masterplan)

Plan your digital initiatives over three years: projects, goals, budget, milestones and progress on one page, with an SME example.

Strategy & Workshop Canvas Web 3.0

Web 3.0 and Metaverse Workshop Canvas

Identify opportunities in digital and virtual worlds, including the metaverse: from new marketplace interactions to innovation culture and digital maturity to your own Web 3.0 strategy.

Value-Based SME Internationalization Canvas

SME Internationalisation Workshop Canvas

Guides SMEs through a strategy workshop to a sound, capability- and value-based internationalisation strategy that strengthens their international competitiveness.

Workshop canvas for public administration

Digital Transformation Workshop Canvas for Public Administration

Developed specifically for public administration: how to design and implement your digital e-government roadmap.

Workshop canvas for destination management organisations

Digital Transformation Workshop Canvas for Destinations (DMOs)

Developed specifically for destination management organisations: how to design and implement your digital destination strategy.

Arbeitswelt 4.0 / New Work workshop canvas

Arbeitswelt 4.0 / New Work Workshop Canvas

Shape the workplace of the future along the three success dimensions People, Place & Technology.

Learning and teaching

For teams, students and lecturers
Strategic Digital Transformation: Theory & Practice
Textbook

Strategic Digital Transformation: Theory & Practice

An academically grounded learning experience with insights from the latest research on strategic digital transformation – and the Digital Transformation Toolkit for practice.

Digital transformation video playlist

Digital Transformation Video Playlist

Free short videos to train your team (or your students) and drive your digital transformation.

Digital transformation case studies

Digital Transformation Case Studies

Digital business case studies from various industries, linked to the seven strategic action fields of digital transformation.

Podcast Strategic Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation Podcasts

All book chapters of «Strategic Digital Transformation» as conversational podcasts – to prepare for class and to revise key terms and concepts.

Studies and practical guides

Four studies on digital transformation and AI, free as PDF

The research series of the FHNW School of Business led by Prof. Marc K. Peter, each with research results and a practical guide. The studies are published in German; we will send you the PDF by e-mail.

Cover of the study Künstliche Intelligenz (KI): Strategiemethodik, Konzepte und Fallstudien
Study 2025

Künstliche Intelligenz (KI): Strategiemethodik, Konzepte und Fallstudien

Ein Leitfaden für die Planung und Umsetzung im KMU

How SMEs plan and introduce artificial intelligence strategically: a method from the idea to implementation, concepts and case studies from practice.

Marc K. Peter, Emanuele Laurenzi & Knut Hinkelmann (eds.) · FHNW School of Business · in German

PDF coming soon
Cover of the study Strategieentwicklung im digitalen Zeitalter
Study 2021

Strategieentwicklung im digitalen Zeitalter

Planung & Umsetzung der Digitalen Transformation

How organisations plan and implement their digital strategy: research findings, case studies and the ACT method (Analyse, Create, Transform).

Marc K. Peter (ed.) · FHNW School of Business · in German

PDF coming soon
Cover of the study Arbeitswelt 4.0
Study 2019

Arbeitswelt 4.0

Als KMU die Arbeitswelt der Zukunft erfolgreich gestalten

How SMEs shape the workplace of the future: research results and a practical guide along the three success dimensions People, Place and Technology.

Marc K. Peter (ed.) · FHNW School of Business · in German

Related: the Arbeitswelt 4.0 / New Work Workshop Canvas in the toolbox

PDF coming soon
Cover of the study KMU-Transformation
Study 2017

KMU-Transformation

Als KMU die Digitale Transformation erfolgreich umsetzen

The foundational study with the seven action fields of digital transformation, a process model, the maturity analysis and the workshop canvas.

Marc K. Peter (ed.) · FHNW School of Business · in German

PDF coming soon
For universities, associations and companies

The tools as a solution for your organisation

The tools in the toolbox are in use at universities and associations. On the same basis, we build your own solution: with your content, in your languages and in your corporate design, operated and hosted in Switzerland.

All solutions at a glance

AI research assistant on tourism-research.net
For institutes and associations

AI knowledge assistant

Makes your studies and publications accessible through dialogue. Every answer cites the sources from your documents, multilingual and with voice mode on request.

  • Up to 300 publications as PDF
  • Answers with direct source references
  • Delivered as one package, one round of revisions
Set-up from CHF 6,900Operation from CHF 300 per month
Learn more about the AI knowledge assistant
AI-ING-CHECK by suisse.ing
For associations and chambers

AI maturity check

Your members or teams assess their own status in AI and digitalisation and immediately receive an evaluation with recommendations for action.

  • In your corporate design
  • Personal report and evaluation dashboard
  • Industry benchmark on request
Set-up from CHF 8,900Operation from CHF 300 per month
Learn more about the AI maturity check
Module configurator Digital Action
For universities and continuing education

Module configurator

Prospective participants put together their continuing education from individual modules. The configurator detects scheduling conflicts, and an AI study advisor helps with the selection.

  • Transfer of your modules and dates
  • Calendar with conflict detection
  • AI study advisor and registration
Set-up from CHF 14,800Operation from CHF 300 per month
Learn more about the module configurator
Our approach

Five stages, one productive result.

  1. Initial meeting.We show you the examples live and clarify goals, content and target group. 30 minutes, free of charge and without obligation.
  2. Pilot plan.Scope, languages, design and schedule on one page, with a binding fixed price. No months-long specification.
  3. Implementation.We set up the tool with your content and in your corporate design. You test early on a preview; one round of revisions is included.
  4. Learnings.After launch, usage and feedback show what works and what is missing. This shapes the next expansion step.
  5. Further development.We operate the tool in Switzerland, with maintenance and support. New content, languages and features are added continuously.
Who is behind it

Research meets implementation.

Prof. Marc K. Peter

Prof. Marc K. Peter

Digital Prof, Professor of Digital Business at HES-SO Valais-Wallis · research and tools

Focus areas

  • Digital transformation and AI strategy
  • Strategy workshops and maturity checks
  • Executive education in Switzerland, the USA and Australia
Peter Baka

Peter Baka

Agency lead, the aigency · implementation of this website and the solutions

Focus areas

  • AI strategy and consulting for SMEs
  • Design and delivery of AI solutions
  • Websites and digital products

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Prof. Marc K. Peter
About

Prof. Marc K. Peter

Marc K. Peter is the Digital Prof – a Swiss-Australian professor of Digital Business, a globally experienced corporate leader and a recognised expert in digital transformation and AI strategy development. He serves as a professor at the HES-SO Valais-Wallis School of Management in Switzerland and teaches in executive programmes at the University of Rochester NY, Rochester-Bern Executive Programs at the University of Bern, at the University of Basel and at Charles Sturt University.

Teaches at

HES-SO Valais-Wallis Simon Business School, University of Rochester Rochester-Bern Executive Programs University of Basel Charles Sturt University

As featured in

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