Technology is the driver of innovation in the digital economy. Business and IT need the right skills to define a digital vision for their companies and execution plans for how to get there.
Knowledge is a key tool to empower all roles within an organization to make informed decisions.
Therefore, learning must start at the beginning of the transformation journey and is key to a successful digital transformation.
But learning itself is going through a transformation.
Digital learning opens up completely new opportunities, enabling continuous, on-demand learning, globalization, individualization, lower cost of high quality education, and much more.
Skills for Digital Transformation Are Key to Success
Digital transformation is everywhere and is impacting all businesses, independent of size, location, or industry, resulting in new business models and reinvention of entire strategies.
With new technologies such as Big Data, cloud, mobile, social, the Internet of Things, machine learning, and business networks, businesses can take
advantage of new opportunities.
However, they also need the skills available to recognize the potential within the context of their industries and to capitalize on that potential.
This paper describes the role of knowledge in fueling digital transformation and how to acquire the skills required to be successful.