b'Partner News Spring 2022 43CorporateDuring a visit to one of our manufacturing plants, I saw how employees can rate their experience at different machines by tapping on a happy or sad face. That identifiesEmpowering employees in potential areas of improvement on workdigital adoption is as much satisfactionwhat a great, yet simple, idea! a cultural transformation Supporting skills transformation as it is a technological Navigating the digital age involves a set of skills that may be new to many of us. one.How do we leverage the digital skills people are developing outside of the workplace? As technology becomes more pervasive in our non-working lives, people may be spending their free time engaging in activities that involve coding, design, data analysis and even virtual reality gaming. Can you leverage hobbies and interests and consider how these might converge to improve their professional competencies? How often can we spot these opportunities in reviews and career planning discussions?Enabling creativityThere are certain human qualities that machines simply cant replicate. As leaders, do we encourage these qualities and help our employees embrace them as differentiators? How do we promote a culture that make processes work for us and not the other way around? A continuous improvement mindset that drives process efficiency and increases our speed of decision making?Communication mattersWith innovation, like with many other things, its important to know why youre doing it. The business impacts of change will only come if people are onboard and feel enabled in making their own contribution to the organisations success.By staying up to date on whats possible with digital technology and thinking carefully about how these capabilities will be perceived through everyones lens, leaders can make the critical connections to ensure technology is bringing a positive, empowering contribution to the organisation.If you are interested in this topic and want to find out which technologies and products can help, take a look at this webpage on digital workforce productivity https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-gb/capabilities/digital-transformation/Digital-Workforce-Productivity.html'