{"id":70976,"date":"2016-08-10T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T17:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=70976"},"modified":"2016-08-10T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T18:46:53","slug":"hesitant-to-make-digital-transformations","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/hesitant-to-make-digital-transformations","title":{"rendered":"Organizations Too Hesitant to Make Digital Transformations, Particularly in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses need to make nurturing and empowering digital talent a top priority as they prepare to do battle in the digital economy and compete more aggressively on the world stage, according to a recent IDC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapevents.edgesuite.net\/previewhub\/canada-digital-transformation\/pdfs\/DXinCanadaInfoDoc_SAPApril6.pdf\">InfoDoc<\/a> created in partnership with SAP\u2014especially in Canada, <a href=\"http:\/\/discover.sap.com\/canada-digital-transformation\/en_us\/index.html\">where research found<\/a> only 17% of Canadian organizations have made digital transformation integral to their strategy, even with 86% of executives having discussed the implications of a digital economy and 60% expecting it to have a major impact on their business <span data-term=\"goog_632669151\">within five years<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>The research suggests there is a lack of understanding around what is needed for a business to truly become a part of the digital economy,&#8221; says\u00a0Tony Olvet, Group Vice President, IDC Canada. &#8220;This has led to caution in terms of committing to meaningful action to address it. For digital transformation to happen there needs to be a common understanding of the concept within a business and a shared goal to initiate change. Getting there is a matter of developing and unleashing enough digital talent to carry the business into the new economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71002\" src=\"https:\/\/borndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-10-at-10.34.39-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-10 at 10.34.39 AM\" width=\"1262\" height=\"548\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite 83% of Canadian organizations not having a full digital strategy in place, only 26% of executives surveyed cited a lack of relevant workforce skill sets as one of the top three immediate concerns for their business.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2016\/07\/15\/tech-leaders-talent-shortage<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>The increasing complexity of technology and business processes, alongside the need for better analysis of data, is rapidly changing the skills a workforce needs to succeed,&#8221;\u00a0John Graham, President of SAP Canada, said. &#8220;It\u2019s time for an assessment of what expertise an organization needs to enter the digital economy and thrive in it \u2013 whether that talent is being nurtured in-house or brought in more effectively from outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2016\/04\/14\/five-ways-to-attract-and-retain-top-millennial-talent-2016-04-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses need to make nurturing and empowering digital talent a top priority as they prepare to do battle in the digital economy and compete more aggressively on the world stage, according to a recent IDC InfoDoc created in partnership with SAP\u2014especially in Canada, where research found only 17% of Canadian organizations have made digital transformation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":69937,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-70976","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/70976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/70976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/69937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70976"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=70976"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=70976"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=70976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}