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How the “DIGITAL AND TECH JOURNEY” has enabled you to work better in the last 5 years or brought about challenges.

How the “DIGITAL AND TECH JOURNEY” has enabled you to work better in the last 5 years or brought about challenges.

Written by : Ritesh Mathur on Digilah (Tech Thought Leadership)

In a world where we are connected not just via tools and platforms but by data sets that overlap and interlock within systems, the HR technology space saw a renewed focus in the last 5 years. 

The pandemic drew leadership attention towards investing and upgrading their tech stack within HR and made HR leaders more aware and sensitive to using technology to manage remote teams. 

In the midst of all this, we still maintained the human connection backed by technology. Economic conditions took hiring from an all-time high to stagnant growth but the need for disrupting technology used by HR teams globally has never been more prominent. 

From hiring to talent management, layoffs to upskilling the needs of the business in this modern era are putting more pressure on HR leadership to solution and scale in tandem with the fast paced ever changing business landscape. 

While building Skanjo.com we too realized how our tech stack has to be in line with the current times to enable companies and candidates to hire in a seamless, efficient and cost effective manner. 

We introduced “Audio Job Descriptions” as a feature because we realized that millennials are more adept to consuming short format content. This helped us build a more intimate humane connection between companies and candidates even before they apply, thus a better candidate experience.

The challenge before the HR community is to think out of the box. Our need to solve problems quickly cannot compromise on creativity and make us integrate existing platforms without thinking through the experience users get. 

With technology now no longer a catch phrase, how are HR leaders going to help develop tools and processes for the next decade? 

Leaders within HR, more than ever, need to question every aspect of tools, systems, processes at their disposal and become change makers that turned the tide in making HR technology for the future.

With companies innovating to make business solutions better, HR will also need to make the overall people experience better.

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The hidden life-changing (and money-making) power of Change Management

The hidden life-changing (and money-making) power of Change Management

Written by : Lata Hamilton on Digilah (Tech Thought Leadership)

It’s no secret that digital transformation is the hottest thing since sliced bread, and everyone wants a piece of this money-making pie.

Whether it’s going to make your company money or save your company money, the future is new technologies that turn old, manual processes into faster, simpler, automated magic.

But what happens when your digital transformation dream goes up in smoke, and you’re left holding the ashes? You’ve spent bucketloads on innovation and development but for some reason your amazing platform, system or app hasn’t hit the mark, isn’t being used properly by your staff, customers or clients, has run over deadline, and left you feeling you’ve wasted not just money, but also time, effort, energy and hope.

You wouldn’t be alone. 

A massive number of digital projects fail. A 2020 Forbes article found that the number of technology projects which experience serious issues in things like cost, schedule, and goals can be up to 60%! I’ve seen it myself on major digital transformation projects that I’ve worked on with some of Australia’s biggest companies.

But there is a silver lining. The same Forbes article found that the secret to reducing technology project failure rate is often: people.

How?

Through the power of Change Management – which can not only transform your transformation, but also your results.

My simple definition of Change Management is: “moving people from one way of doing something to a new way of doing something, through communications, training, and business readiness, to realise the benefits of the change.”

People are the users of any digital technology – they are the ones that unlock its potential. The sad truth is that people are hard-wired to hate change. 

Even when a new technology could save time, effort and expense, most people will still resist it. 

Change Management encourages inviting people in to co-create and co-design what the change will mean for them, give them, and bring them. It builds trust instead of fear, empowers your people to own their future, and helps them get ready for a new way of doing things.

Here are some practical Change Management-inspired approaches you can use to help launch your digital technology more successfully with staff, customers and clients:

  • Co-design the features and processes of the new system with actual end users so it’s fit-for-purpose, user-friendly, and loved before launch.
  • Get your teams ready for the new way of doing things by clearly explaining to them how their processes and tools will be different and what they need to do to prepare.
  • Build a microsite and provide regular project updates, news, training tools, and resources – as well as a countdown to launch and a forum to ask questions!
  • Do live demos of the technology all the way through development – seeing is believing!
  • Give people the chance to get hands-on with the system before it’s launched – even if there’s still bugs, it will help build confidence in the solution.
  • Create an exciting launch event – bring it to life with a quiz, competition, or lucky draw that requires people to try out the new system, with super cool prizes on offer.

Bringing people on the journey not only changes your experience of leading a digital project, but improves the likelihood of success.

The Forbes article also suggests building soft skills, supporting leadership, and offering better training experiences – which are all things a great Change Management expert can provide.

If you want to learn more about the power of Change Management, download my free “Change Hackathon Planning Workbook” here which steps through how to crowdsource and co-create future ways of working during transformation and change.

Name and title:

Lata Hamilton – Change Leadership and Confidence expert

Bio:

Lata Hamilton is a pocket rocket burst of energy with a big heart… and big hair! She helps women carve their own paths for change in their career, leadership and life. Lata is a Change Leadership and Confidence expert, the creator of the “Leading Successful Change” program, and the Founder & CEO of Passion Pioneers.

Websites:

www.latahamilton.com 

www.passionpioneers.com.au 

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Who Wants To Be a (Digital) Millionaire?

Written by Wendy Scott on Digilah (Tech Thought Leadership)

I do.

If you recognize the reference to the Frank Sinatra/Celeste Holm song from the 1956 film, High Society, you are probably a Boomer like me. So what business does a fifty-nine-year-old have wanting to be a digital anything, let alone a digital millionaire?

I didn’t grow up with tech. We didn’t even have a landline at home. I took my ‘O’ Levels in 1978, which was the first year in the UK we were allowed to take calculators into exams. I struggle with tech, and I say ‘interweb’ to annoy the kids.

But what I do have is at least forty years of leadership and learning & development knowledge that I can share online. And technology has made it possible for me to make money doing that.

What the heck is a digital millionaire?

Otherwise known as a digital entrepreneur or content creator, it’s someone who sells digital products online such as templates, books, or courses. It’s also possible to sell membership newsletters, coaching, and exclusive coaching groups called masterminds.

How it all works

I’ve spent the last eighteen months reading, doing courses, and attending webinars to find out how to be a content creator, and as far as I can tell, this is what digital millionaires do:

Step One – Create online content – whether you create a blog, an Instagram post, a podcast, or articles, put free content online.

I write articles on Medium, a writing platform anyone can post on. When people read an article, the author gets a small amount of the reader’s membership fee.

Medium writers share articles on FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Quora, and Pinterest.

Step Two – Collect email addresses – Followers on Instagram or other social media are useful, but you’d have to start again if the platform disappears. The trick is to collect the email addresses of people that like your work. The list can’t disappear overnight, and you use the list to send newsletters and sell your products.

I’ve just started an email newsletter that goes out weekly and contains free links to my training, leadership and dating articles.

It’s said that successful online creators make one dollar a month income from each email subscriber.

I’m using convertkit for my list; They provide helpful resources, such as an online creator community, online tutorials, and live zoom tutorials.

Step Three – Give free content to your email list – Email your list once a week and give them valuable content for free. Content could be an article in the body of the email, sources you have found helpful, book recommendations, templates, short email courses, short video courses, or access to an exclusive podcast episode.

Step Four – Sell your content via your email list – You can sell templates, ebooks, and courses. I’ve seen online courses from $29 US to $3000 US, and some big earners sell masterminds for $10,000 US per year.

Currently, I’m writing an ebook and a course which will be my first digital products.

I use Atticus for my book, Teachable to create my course, and Canva to create the slides and workbooks.

Next tech on the list

A subscription to Later to automatically schedule my posts on social media.

I also use a writing assistant called Jasper.ai and a note-taking tool called RoamResearch.

How I’m finding all the tech

I believe in a growth mindset, so after the screaming, tears, and tech-induced lie-downs with a nice cup of tea, I persevere. Google is my friend. I’m learning very slowly, but each gain I make is a small step forward.

The upside is that I’m enjoying myself while learning about a whole new world. The downside is that none of my friends can understand what I’m talking about and think I’m getting mixed up in an online pyramid scheme scam.

Am I a Digital Millionaire yet?

No. I’ve made a loss with the subscriptions to tech and courses I’ve taken. But I’m having fun, learning heaps, and keeping current with new tech.

And you never know, this time next year I could be a millionaire…

Digital Millionaires I follow: Denise Duffield-Thomas, Jeff Walker, Amy Porterfield, Marie Forleo, and Dr. Benjamin Hardy.

Movers and Shakers on Medium: Tim Denning, Zulie Rane, Ayodeji Awosika, Tom Kueglar, Sean Kearnan, Nicolas Cole, Sinem Gunel.