The acceleration of the economy's digitalisation

The current world situation, as a result of the new Covid-19 virus, has led us to rethink what society will look like in the future, especially the future of working models and job contexts. The transformations in daily life and in the organization of work were sudden and had an impact on the way we live, consume and relate. Technology has assumed a fundamental role in achieving the balance between the needs to preserve health conditions and to keep production and supply chains operational.

Technology plays a fundamental role in this new paradigm of work and life. Digitisation and the (rapid) digital transformation of living and working environments has proven to be essential for the economy to keep going. This new reality was for many unthinkable until recently.

However, the circumstances of confinement have accelerated the changes that, in the vision of many companies, will bring structural changes in work and business models. It is possible to enumerate three of the pillars that will underlie these models:
 

Figure 1 - Pillars to accelerate digitalisation in the economy

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These three pillars may be seen as axes of change, to be considered by companies, i.e. each organization should ask itself whether 1) it has the appropriate technology, 2) it is able to change or review its work models and incorporate telework in an adequate model that suits the company and its employees, 3) how has the way its customers choose to consume the company's products/services changed, i.e. what part of consumption went digital? What are the difficulties? What are the opportunities?

These times offer new opportunities for us to work in the middle of digital transformation and to build a more connected and safer world for everyone. It will certainly be difficult to return to the old "normal" when the pandemic is over, but we can build a new reality with advantages for everyone. All these changes will necessarily lead to several qualification and requalification needs.