1.
Ten key skills required in an age of digital transformation.
Tech talent today is
expected to possess certain knowledge necessary to drive the digitalisation
process, which includes an agile and data-driven mindset. As a growing number
of organisations integrate digital technologies into all aspects of their
business, digital transformation has come to be regarded as the means to
increase the effectiveness of business operations and customer relations. It
has helped organisations deliver quality products, meet customer requirements,
perform better financially, and stay ahead of the innovation curve. To
transition and emerge as a more digitally-mature organisation requires not only
strategy, digital culture and tech infrastructure, but also the most critical
component of all — a highly skilled and digitally savvy workforce. Here are the
10 most sought-after skills your organisation’s tech talent needs to be
equipped with to support the digitalisation process: Agile mindset, Cybersecurity,
Analytical/data-driven mindset, New media literacy, Virtual
collaboration, Passion for continual learning, Design thinking,
Customer-centric orientation, Computational thinking and, Cross-functional
dexterity.
2.
Five ways leaders can
accelerate innovation in their organisation.
The pandemic
has forced organisations to press the reset button. However, leaders can act as
catalysts in this resetting process in more ways than one. Leaders
are at the forefront of this change and tasked with giving direction to their
organisations, to successfully emerge from this crisis unscathed. It starts
with changing mindsets and building resilience. Organisationally, achieving or
improving resilience includes building a more agile operating model; ensuring
that the workforce has the right capability set; nurturing organisational relationships;
sharing data in real time; displaying and promoting leadership that engenders
trust, supports creativity and innovation. Encourage agility and innovation.
3.
Flexi
hours, WFH most desired by APAC workers: Study
The
report has further shown a greater focus on self-care and well-being among the
workers and is one of the top three priorities for them. It seems that as we
progress into the future, more people are becoming accustomed to the new way of
working and would want to retain some aspects of their current work-life post
COVID as well. Almost 90 per cent of the workers in the Asia-Pacific region,
including Australia, Malaysia and Singapore, are against returning to the ‘old
normal’ way of work. It can be gathered that few aspects of the new normal have
been greatly beneficial for employees. Around 59 per cent want to see
flexible working hours introduced permanently in the future as well. Another 58
per cent would like working from home to be a permanent feature of the
post-COVID world. There has been a shift towards more focus on one’s self
during this time. Employees are more concerned about taking care of their
mental and physical health, with almost 47 per cent in support of it.
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