Strategy creates competitive advantage. People and a culture of innovation sustain it. Technology and communications are the means by which it is delivered. If we are creating most of our competitive advantage at the strategic planning stage, why are we spending so little time on this and so much time on technology? This book is not about why you should digitally transform and become more strategic; it's about how. It lays out the steps that must be taken, the data that should be used, and the decision tree to be followed. Following the principles laid out in this book allows organizational leaders, marketers, and technologists to talk at a high strategic level without getting bogged down in the tactics and delivery that consumes most of the time, attention, and activity in the modern workplace. Use The Seven Principles of Digital Business Strategy to define the direction of travel for your business in today's digital economy.

Slavery was a key institution in antiquity, but historians' reconstructions of the lives of ancient Greek and Roman slaves have varied significantly, not just across time, but also between different countries today. Core assumptions made about the ancient slave can be subtly different in Germany (for example) than in the US or Britain. This book samples some of the different approaches available. It also examines why the differences exist and what they imply for those trying to discovery the 'reality' of slave life. It raises key questions about how historians attempt to access the past and the impact that the nature of the evidence has on their work, even when this has not always been made explicit to the reader. Scholarly interpretations sometimes tell us more about the modern world than the ancient. Possible alternatives are explored.