Digital dexterity is the beliefs, mindsets and behaviors that boost up virtual enterprise transformation. Only 16% of all leaders and only 9% of all employees have high digital dexterity in organizations. Here are steps companies can take to start shaping employees’ virtual aims and abilities.
Show employees how digital dexterity matters to them
Demonstrating the value of this could increase retention
- Show how leadership teams at other companies make digital decisions
- Self-reflection template to contextualize the learning
Develop “talent disseminators” to teach others at the job
Employees coach others in key digital skills
- Identify an employee who wants to teach and learn
- HR trains that individual on the in-demand skills
- Then, they teach others
Importance of Digital Dexterity
Develops employee skills around low-code application development
- Develops process automation
- Growth in business intelligence
Broker development experiences to foster digital dexterity
Connect employees to people or projects that will build new skills
- This will increase skill preparedness by up to 28%
- Create a tool that facilitates a marketplace
- Managers create listings on the tool
- Employees can view all available opportunities and pursue the ones they want
Identify and harness “translators” with virtual knowledge to aid leaders
Identify employees to act as digital translators
- Help guide them through digital business initiatives
- Provide counsel to leaders on digital business opportunities
- Connect them to relevant stakeholders
