{"id":21354,"date":"2018-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/5-essential-digital-ways-of-working\/"},"modified":"2020-05-14T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T14:57:33","slug":"5-essential-digital-ways-of-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/5-essential-digital-ways-of-working\/","title":{"rendered":"5 essential digital ways of working"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serious money is being poured in to \u2018digital\u2019 \u2013 with a new Forbes report for Dell finding that 85% of the 500 senior executives surveyed are spending up to a quarter of their total budget on digital transformations<\/a>.\u00a0 However, is this money being well spent?<\/p>\n

Even back in 2015, a global survey of managers and executives by MIT and Deloitte found that although 90% felt their industry would be disrupted by digital trends, only 44% felt their organization was preparing in the right way<\/a>. But what is that right way? Digital working is inherently global, non-hierarchical and transcends distance \u2013 and so requires a turbo boost to virtual, cross-functional and matrixed ways of working.<\/p>\n

To truly thrive, we need to rewire our culture and skills so that they are fit for the digital age.\u00a0 Based on our research for our new digital white paper<\/a>, the key areas to focus on are:<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s different in a digital world?<\/strong><\/td>\nHow must I change my team\/organization\u2019s skills, culture and ways of working?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accelerated rate of tech adoption and absorption<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Always start with the business goal and benefit for the internal or external customer<\/li>\n
  • Adopt \u2013 get people to use the new technology fast<\/li>\n
  • Absorb \u2013 change ways of working and culture to embed and sustain<\/li>\n
  • Essential to get the late-majority and laggards on board too<\/li>\n
  • Help people learn to adapt continually<\/li>\n
  • Spread expertise beyond the Digital Center of Excellence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faster clock speed for everything<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Develop a 2-speed organization\/ department: stable core, fast change around it<\/li>\n
  • Use technology to manage and adjust in real time<\/li>\n
  • Master remote agile working<\/li>\n
  • Form durable multidisciplinary teams<\/li>\n
  • Figure out who to partner with<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Constant experiments and insights from data<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Conduct rapid prototyping: pace before perfection<\/li>\n
  • Think like a start-up<\/li>\n
  • Develop a culture of risk-taking and cross-silo working<\/li>\n
  • Make sure people feel it is safe to fail fast<\/li>\n
  • Work with data to insights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ever higher customer & employee expectations and voice<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Bring customer-centric thinking in-house<\/li>\n
  • Deliver a great digital service to our internal customers<\/li>\n
  • Create personalized employee journeys for our team<\/li>\n
  • Digitize our own workflow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supercharged digital collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(for full details see our separate white paper on \u2018mastering virtual, matrix and digital teams\u2019<\/a>)<\/td>\n

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