The rise of the digital workplace COVID-19 has forced many organizations to recognize that they must be equipped with important tools for productivity, connectivity, and employee engagement, in order to respond with agility to the disruptive challenges facing the world today
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he impact of COVID-19 in driving forward the global digital transformation agenda will no doubt be felt for decades to come, as an undeniable surge of technological innovation, adoption, and digitalization permeates through almost all aspects of the workplace. It has also added a new meaning to the old adage that necessity is the mother of all invention. COVID19 has forced many organizations to recognize that they must be equipped with important tools for productivity, connectivity, and employee engagement, in order to respond with agility to the disruptive challenges facing the world today. | august 2021
Understanding the core benefits and challenges in digitalizing the workplace
From talent management to recruitment, operations and administration, the workplace has gone from gradual evolution to rapid revolution - overnight. There are many challenges imposed in the new world order - a socially distant workforce, evolving nature of work, and changing guidelines around employee health
and safety - but beyond just looking internally at what the current requirements are, organizations now also have a greater understanding that there is a real and pressing need to invest in an integrated digital strategy moving forward. Workday’s own research has shown that over a third of business leaders (36%) have said that in three years’ time, the large majority of revenues will come from purely digital streams.
Workday’s own research has shown that over a third of business leaders (36%) have said that in three years’ time, the large majority of revenues will come from purely digital streams
