Global Lighthouse Network: The Mindset Shifts Driving Impact and Scale in Digital Transformation

The Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) has grown to 189 members across more than 30 countries, focusing on overcoming the "scaling slump" of digital tools, investing in site-specific workforce talent, and advancing end-to-end sustainability through value chain data and circularity models.

• The latest 36 Lighthouses are addressing the "scaling slump" of digital transformation by treating use cases as enterprise capabilities and collaborating with frontline workers to ensure local adoption.
• Lighthouses are prioritizing the productivity and stability of their frontline workforce by implementing talent solutions specifically tailored to the needs of local sites.
• The network is moving toward end-to-end sustainability by utilizing value chain data and new partnership models to support circularity, building upon previous tech-enabled solutions.
• Over a six-year period, the Global Lighthouse Network expanded from 16 to 189 Lighthouses, covering 35 subsectors and more than 30 countries.

APA

World Economic Forum (2025). Global Lighthouse Network: The Mindset Shifts Driving Impact and Scale in Digital Transformation. https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-lighthouse-network-the-mindset-shifts-driving-impact-and-scale-in-digital-transformation/

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Global Lighthouse Network: The Mindset Shifts Driving Impact and Scale in Digital Transformation. 2025. https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-lighthouse-network-the-mindset-shifts-driving-impact-and-scale-in-digital-transformation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2025global, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Global Lighthouse Network: The Mindset Shifts Driving Impact and Scale in Digital Transformation}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-lighthouse-network-the-mindset-shifts-driving-impact-and-scale-in-digital-transformation/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }