Digital dexterity – five benefits that no organization can afford to miss out on
Britt Bürgy
Digital dexterity is seen as a way for organizations to give their digital transformation a boost. It also provides them with the necessary flexibility to adapt their business quickly to changes and grasp new opportunities.
Digital dexterity delivers measurable benefits
According to a study by Capgemini, 80 percent of firms with the highest level of digital dexterity find it easy to establish partnerships. Two-thirds feel they are at the cutting edge and effortlessly identify emerging trends, and there are even 40 percent who have no major problems with internal restructuring. By comparison, the highest of these values based on all the firms responding is just 17 percent.
The top five benefits of digital dexterity
A closer look at how these effects come about reveals that all the benefits that can be achieved as a direct result of digital dexterity are interlinked and reinforce each other. The most important of these are as follows:
1. More efficient business processes
Staff with a high level of digital dexterity make intelligent use of digital tools and platforms. They help optimize and automate business processes. Work processes become faster and more efficient.
2. Closer collaboration
What’s more, employees with a high level of digital dexterity use technologies to establish collaborative working relationships, and intensive teamwork to solve complex problems. Communication is encouraged, and the quality of work results improves.
3. Better data analysis
Digital dexterity implies the ambition to analyze data effectively. Informative analyses make it possible to produce comprehensive forecasts that in turn result in sound business decisions and thus enable an organization to react quickly and appropriately to changes.
4. More agile working methods
Organizations with a high level of digital dexterity can make efficient use of agile working methods and project management tools. As a result, they are sufficiently dynamic to rapidly adapt their business strategies to new market requirements.
5. Enhanced competitiveness
A high level of digital dexterity means organizations enjoy a better market position and are more future-proof than the competition, because they can react faster to unexpected events and developments. They find it easy to integrate new technologies and use these with measurable added value.
Organizations benefit from taking their digital dexterity to the next level. A comprehensive strategy helps them prepare both themselves and their workforce for the requirements of a constantly changing digital world and establish a high level of digital dexterity. The article entitled “Establishing digital dexterity – the top seven areas to address” highlights the particularly relevant focal points in this context.
