The global pandemic has accelerated the digital and technological changes that have emerged during the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution. Organisations are focused on embracing change, evolving their businesses through digitalisation, technology and data analytics. To achieve these goals sustainably and effectively, they must acquire new, high-demand skills and nurture those who demonstrate them.
As part of our Transforming Engagement series, in partnership with the Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA), we explore how businesses are transitioning to a future that sees humans, technology and machines increasingly working side by side. Our latest report in the series highlights the innovation and creativity such dynamic collaboration can foster. It also emphasises the care and investment needed when it comes to the people element of this collaboration to ensure the workforce is fully engaged and prepared for change, not harmed by it.
Lisa Lyons
Partner, Head of Workforce Transformation UK,
Mercer
With more than half of employers expecting their organisations to undergo significant transformation, business leaders and HR teams need to be open to new and experimental ways of thinking to build sustainable organisations fit for the future. Processes and systems alone won’t be the winning factor — it’s the people who apply and execute them that will create the competitive advantage. Which means a firm’s digital and people strategies must be aligned.
saw a rise in the development of digital products and services
saw a growth in Artificial Intelligence
increased the use of robots to perform jobs done by humans
will boost the development of digital products and services
plan to grow use of Artificial Intelligence
will increase the use of robots
Technology Change Is Business Change: Supporting Today’s Workforce for Tomorrow’s Technology is the third in a three-part series that provides the context and practical steps needed to meet the challenge of transforming organisational culture into a culture that engages its employees and reduces its people risks.
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