By Naveen Narayan
In boardrooms around the world, senior executives are discussing a common
dilemma: how to create transformative experiences and business models that
improve their customers' lives, drive growth, and boost profitability and
efficiency.
Regardless of industry or location, businesses are facing a new world.The
continued evolution of digital capabilities is pushing businesses to rethink
their fundamental views on customers, competitors, products, and
partners.Digital business transformation is of urgent importance among
executives.
In fact,
SapientRazorfish's 2016 CMTO study determined that, while nearly all
organizations (96.9 percent) are addressing digital in some way, six out of ten
(56 percent) have made Digital in
some way, six out of ten (56 percent) have made Digital Business Transformation
a priority.
While businesses struggle to deal
with the new empowered consumer who expect businesses to deliver with agility
and speed with digital at the core, they face a new set of digital first
competitors who no longer belong to their own categories. In the wake of such a
dynamic environment, organizations are seeking partners who can help clients
through their transformation journey. These partners need to have talent that
don't subscribe to the old ways of working of traditional IT. This new breed of
this new breed of talent, also known as 'polyglots', is multi-dimensional in
skills, understand the business environment/domain and understand the consumer
as well.
These 'polyglots' have an in-depth
understanding of the technology ecosystem, which helps them be tech agnostic
and enables them to pivot faster and adopt newer technologies. They come with a
problem solving mindset, and have disruptive ways of working. They believe in
'failing fast' and building on success.They subscribe to new ways of working
and bring agility, knowledge and discipline to the table with a shorter
learning cycle. Their learnability quotient is very high and they are naturally
curious people.Companies now see this quality as a fundamental requirement to
handle multiple assignments with shorter turnaround time.
The need for re-skilling and upskilling talent is topmost in most in the minds of all HR and business leads. According a study by City & Guilds Group, 91 percent Indians feel threatened that their skills will become obsolete in the next five years. The emphasis on the need for skill development is not only identified in India but globally too.
The need for re-skilling and upskilling talent is topmost in most in the minds of all HR and business leads. According a study by City & Guilds Group, 91 percent Indians feel threatened that their skills will become obsolete in the next five years. The emphasis on the need for skill development is not only identified in India but globally too.
Nurturing and developing polyglots
requires a cultural shift in most organizations. Agility and co-creation are
attributes that clients value dearly today. These traits can only be displayed
if organizations break down functional boundaries, create a shared language and
incentive that allow diverse teams to talk to one another. Polyglots, lead the
way when it comes to breaking silos. Their ability to navigate ambiguous
situations and collaborating with multiple teams helps them not only be technology
experts, but bring together disparate groups for a common objective.
As you think of your career today, spend time to learn on the job and keep up-skilling yourself. The only way you will continue to be relevant today is if you become multi-skilled.
As you think of your career today, spend time to learn on the job and keep up-skilling yourself. The only way you will continue to be relevant today is if you become multi-skilled.
source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
By Naveen Narayan
In boardrooms around the world, senior executives are discussing a common dilemma: how to create transformative experiences and business models that improve their customers' lives, drive growth, and boost profitability and efficiency.
Regardless of industry or location, businesses are facing a new world.The continued evolution of digital capabilities is pushing businesses to rethink their fundamental views on customers, competitors, pr ..
In boardrooms around the world, senior executives are discussing a common dilemma: how to create transformative experiences and business models that improve their customers' lives, drive growth, and boost profitability and efficiency.
Regardless of industry or location, businesses are facing a new world.The continued evolution of digital capabilities is pushing businesses to rethink their fundamental views on customers, competitors, pr ..
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