{"id":21426,"date":"2019-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/closing-the-digital-gap-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:43:42","slug":"closing-the-digital-gap-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/closing-the-digital-gap-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing the digital gap &#8211; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the key challenges in being a digital leader is achieving faster integration of new technology into the way we work.<\/p>\n<p>Technology is changing fast; new tools, threats and opportunities are emerging constantly. It\u2019s likely that this rate of technology innovation will continue to accelerate.<\/p>\n<p>As individuals, many of us are keen to adopt new technologies, we pick up the latest smartphone and instantly download the app we need. We adopt smart technologies at home, in our cars and in our hobbies.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Closing the digital gap\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/321988400?h=52139289a7&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, with the pace of change in technology, even the most tech savvy early adopter cannot keep up with all the alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>We also know that there are people who are much less comfortable with picking up new technologies and these individuals can become a significant barrier to technology driven change.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if we have a common customer relationship management system but some salespeople don\u2019t use it, then this undermines the whole system.<\/p>\n<p>We need significant investment in training and the planned integration of technology as part of our normal way of operating.<\/p>\n<p>Corporations are significantly slower to adapt than many individuals. It\u2019s a much bigger challenge to introduce a technology to 1,000 people than to pick it up yourself. You may not need training yourself to pick up the latest communication app, but to have it set up in a way that is secure, supported and used consistently by large groups of people is much more difficult, even if the technology itself is simple.<\/p>\n<p>When we take these factors together, we can see that there is a growing gap between the opportunities created by technology and our ability to implement them at work.<\/p>\n<p>Research is already showing that people and corporate culture will be both the most significant enablers AND potential barriers to successful digital transformation &#8211; yet most investment is still going into the technology itself.<\/p>\n<p>What are your plans to close this gap?<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to find out more about the skills needed to lead digital transformation why not download our download our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/white-papers\/\"><strong>Digital Transformation white paper <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or join our webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/virtual-matrix-digital-webinar\/\"><strong>Leading the change from virtual to matrix and digital teams<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the key challenges in being a digital leader is achieving faster integration of new technology into the way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-blog","training-agile-and-digital"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Closing the digital gap - video - Global Integration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Video on the digitual gap that is opening up between the oportunites presented by technology and our ability to adopt them and adapt our ways of working\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/closing-the-digital-gap-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Closing the digital gap - video\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Video on the digitual gap that is opening up between the oportunites presented by technology and our ability to adopt them and adapt our ways of working\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/closing-the-digital-gap-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Integration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-19T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-11T08:43:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/home-training.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"870\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevan Hall\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevan Hall\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/closing-the-digital-gap-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/closing-the-digital-gap-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kevan Hall\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ad6577af9c33612e410fbcdc3ff2a9a\"},\"headline\":\"Closing the digital gap &#8211; 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