Organizations that are further ahead in the transition to a digital workforce are also more advanced in explicitly incorporating values — specifically around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion — in their approach to digital transformation.
While a recent MIT study found stark contrasts between purpose-driven and other organizations, only 25% of managers and executives surveyed strongly agree that their organization is as purpose-driven as their leaders profess it to be.
The urgency necessitated by business disruption and the rapid adoption of technology as a result of the pandemic do not, alone, constitute digital transformation. While the flight to digital solutions has enabled organizations to survive, much work remains to ensure that they thrive. A top-to-bottom alignment on purpose is driving those organizations that are seeing success.
Before 2020, organizations didn’t have to give much thought to the nature of their sales-training programs. But suddenly, face-to-face training, events and workshops came to a halt in the wake of the pandemic.
This year, we are launching the 20th iteration of our Foundations of LXD course, featuring advances in our learning design, technology, and learning community that have taken place over the past five years.