Digital Upskilling — For your Organisation & SME’s

Digital Upskilling — For your Organisation & SME’s

Katrina Young
3 min readJun 20, 2021

Assess your competencies

  1. Goals
  2. Brainstorm your gaps
  3. Actions

WHAT IS DIGITAL UPSKILLING?

Assess your competencies?

What requirements are needed for your business in order to upskill?

What can you outsource?

What education or tools can you use to leverage your business

Seeking professional support?

WHAT DIGITAL SKILLS DOES YOUR BUSINESS REQUIRE? & WHY DIGITAL SKILLS?

  • Digital skills are related to being digitally literate
  • This includes technological skills
  • Platforms and software programs that improve Business Process
  • Approaching Digital Upskilling with a growth mindset, allows SME’s and Corporations to recognise the benefits of lifelong learning
Digital Upskilling - For your Organisation & SME’s

What Is Digital Upskilling

  • Digital Upskilling consists of training your current workforce to be more skilled in new digital activities and software.
  • In an ever-increasing digital world, your workforce needs to be empowered and ready to adapt to new technologies and systems.
  • Digital Upskilling keeps your workforce highly skilled and trained in areas your business needs for future growth.
  • Digital Upskilling allows your business to be more competitive in the market, win more business, and retain more customers
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EFFICIENCIES GAINED FROM A DIGITAL WORKFORCE

What Digital Skills Does Your Business Need?

  • During these times many companies and businesses will require Digital Transformation
  • Digital Audits
  • Assessing your company and business needs

Efficiencies Gained From A Digital Workforce

  • New technologies and systems become quicker and easier to implement, as your staff members are open and adaptable to new technology and systems.
  • Introducing new technologies can save your teams both and money.
  • Adding Technologies can support your Team’s efforts and support productivity
  • You can monetise your Digital assets.
  • Automating, systemising and using technology can reduce margin for error.
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Challenges Around Upskilling

  • Upskilling your staff members can bring around a unique set of challenges amongst team members.
  • Upskilling can bring around similar reactions to large changes in a work environment, with some people excited whilst others resisting the changes.
  • Team members may feel judged or unable to cope with new technological skills.
  • In order to bring in successful digital upskilling in your workplace, you must approach this in a similar way as bringing around a new management structurehttps://bit.ly/KYConsultinginstagram

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Katrina Young

Award-Winning Business Consultant | Digital | Marketing | Project Manager |Innovation| Tech|Business Solutions Architect /Robotics /Lead Gen Curator