As part of the E-SHIFT needs analysis, project partners spoke with workers, trainers, employers, labour market experts, and policymakers to better understand the challenges and opportunities created by digital transformation. One message emerged consistently across countries and stakeholder groups: continuous…
A key milestone has been reached in the E-SHIFT project: the completion of the international needs analysis. The research aimed to better understand how digitalisation, automation, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce are changing the world of work and what competences workers…
Organizations are able to make strategic decisions and implement innovative technologies in their operations with the help of digital businesses. As companies seek to adopt the digital transformation, the terms “digital strategy” and “business strategy” cannot be separated and so,…
A digital business is the process of applying digital technology to reinvent business models and transform a company’s or a seller products and customer experiences—innovating products that create new value and connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Digital businesses…
Digital transformation is the reimagining of business in the digital age. It is the process of using digital technologies to create new — or modify existing — business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet changing business and market requirements.…
If you’re a business leader who wants to improve productivity and efficiency, don’t just take your existing manual process. Convert it to electronic format and leave it alone. Invest in continuous improvement through workflow analysis. Workflow analysis should not…
There are many ways companies try to improve the experience of hybrid meeting participants. Here are some of them: Technical measures investing in better quality audio equipment, like microphones; using a handheld microphone; introducing new forms of videoconference technology…
In a hybrid setting, the informal communication is the first victim. Even employees who are present in person might be forced to spend the whole day in front of a screen in online meetings. How to keep the vital…
Workload management is the process of estimating, planning, distributing, scheduling, and monitoring the workload of teams and individual employees. Some of the the pitfalls of workload management include: A mismatch between goals and capabilities – it is difficult to…
When considering the effective management of teams under hybrid work conditions, no organisaiton could rely alone on its top management. Any new policies and measures must be understood and adopted by the middle managers in order to become part…
In order to select the suitable digital tools for your organisation, you might find useful to stick to the following approach: Step 1 – Review processes Identify the goals your company is trying to achieve and the ways…
The benefits of focusing on digital productivity Even before the pandemic, most leading businesses saw digital transformation as their number one priority. But was it a digital transformation? It goes without saying that companies are using an increased number of…
Before going digital Inefficient processes have always been the biggest productivity killer for companies. A survey among British companies before the pandemic found that a full quarter of a working day of every employee is wasted on unnecessary tasks,…
Home-office is hardly a new experience to employees nowadays, but do you know how to do it correctly? Here are a few advice on how to improve your experience. Screen The screen should best be positioned in a…
Psychosocial risks arise from poor work design, organisation and management, as well as a poor social context of work, and they may result in negative psychological, physical and social outcomes such as work-related stress, burnout or depression. Some examples…