Digital disruption: A window of opportunity for the workforce of the future
Conventional wisdom suggests that employees are a barrier to digital progress, yet Accenture Strategy research1 shows the opposite is true. Compared with business leaders, employees are more positive about digital improving their work experience and job prospects, and more proactive in preparing themselves for the demands of a digital business.
But don’t take workers’ enthusiasm for granted
48% 48% 41%Are worried by pressure to keep up with new technologies
Are worried about being monitored and every move tracked
Are worried digital technologies will erode team spirit
43% want to be a fast follower instead
of European companies want to be a digital leader
39%of companies in APAC want to be a digital leader
58%
Bosses seem more hesitant
Have no enterprise-wide digital strategy to support corporate strategy
Don’t want to be a digital leader
Want to be a fast follower instead
53% 54% 37%
Learn more about how your people can embrace the future of work with digital. 1 Accenture Strategy studies on Being digital for employees and Being digital for employers, 2015
So workers are getting on with it
69% 71%Are assessing new skills
Are proactively learning new digital tools and skills
Bosses struggle to deliver a more digital workforce of the future
40%Are well prepared to recruit digital skills
39%Are well prepared to change the job and skills mix
43%Say lack of digital skills is the biggest barrier to becoming a digital business
Workers of the world are united. And up for digital
versus
versus
Think work experience will worsen
Think job prospects will worsen
6%Think work experience will improve
63%
10%Think job prospects will improve
57%
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