Reskilling IT for digital success

The tech talent shortage has CIOs scrambling to ensure that employees brush up on the latest skills and technologies that facilitate business agility. But the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the need to have adaptable, flexible staff willing to learn new skills in critical domains such as cloud software, machine learning and cybersecurity. Indeed, 72% of 3,670 senior corporate executives identified “the ability of their people to adapt, reskill, and assume new roles” as the No. 1 item to navigate future disruptions, according to Deloitte’s 2021 Global Human Capital Trends report. Yet only 17% of those executives describe their workers as ready to adapt, reskill, and assume new roles, underscoring a big disconnect between leaders’ priorities and the reality of how their organizations support workforce development.