Roundtable 8
Driving digital skills to deepen technology engagement
Written by UK Tech Cluster Group
COVID has underlined the importance of digital adoption for businesses across the economy. Whether it’s connecting with team members, enabling sales or building productivity, technology has been vital to the running of businesses during this crisis. However, digital adoption isn’t just a case of plug and play for many organisations, people are key in terms of their ability to understand the technology. Crucially, their willingness to use it is central to success.
A big element, I think, is the understanding that digital adoption is going to be a fairly significant change management process. It's rare that it's actually the tech or the adoption of the tech that's the difficult bit. It's actually the people in the changing, the way that they work.
Watch the roundtable discussion
In this roundtable, the group consider the challenges and benefits of digital adoption, including how we support businesses across the economy to adopt and benefit from technology.
Panel speakers
- Ben Shorrock, Managing Director TechSPARK
- Molly Crowe, Enterprise Team, West of England Combined Authority
- Adam Hill, Head of Digital Adoption, Sunderland Software City
- Mel Kenarek, Director, Sheffield Digital
- Tim Robinson, Chief Operating Officer, Tech East
- Niki Davies, Software Cornwall
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