Covid-19 challenged businesses all over the world. The rate at which companies have accelerated their digital transformation during the pandemic is unparalleled. Before the pandemic, businesses had to digitize if they wanted to thrive in the future. However, the pandemic had companies struggling to survive in the present day!
This is the primary reason why companies like Amazon and Shopify thrived during the pandemic. Amazon had become their go-to source during an emergency for everyone desperate enough to stock up on toilet paper and essential household goods. Their fast and digital user experience skyrocketed their market capitalization by over $700 billion since COVID-19.
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While the private sector races towards Digital Transformation, the public sector isn’t lagging behind as it realizes the need to keep up with the new ways of working and the increased demands for streamlined, efficient and hassle free services. With an eye on better citizen experience, government sectors can make the best use of public funds and place them towards digital solutions.
So what exactly is Digital Transformation in government services?
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With urbanization here to stay, our future lies in our cities. The Philippines’ urban population is projected to double by 2050, while Southeast Asia’s urbanization rate is at an all-time high.
While cities lie at the forefront of climate change, accounting for over 70 percent of global carbon emissions, they can also catalyze change as hubs for innovation, offering solutions for a sustainable future.
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The rate of digital transformations across organizations is known to have been accelerated by the recent times and context in which we have been living. The demand for digital solutions and the reliance on IT to maintain business continuity, optimize operations and promote innovation is stronger than ever. Hence, cultural aspects of transformations cannot be hidden, unseen or even unheard.
As there may be a tendency to look at such transitions merely from a technical or technological point of view, cultural aspects represent a big part of it. A cultural shift must take place at the same time organizations are trying hard to implement a fast adaptation, fast response culture to the challenges and rhythm imposed by the present context/era.
While many industries and aspects of our lives have been transformed by technology in the last two decades, education has historically lagged behind. But now, driven by improved products, lower costs and a massive jolt from the emergency of Covid-19, education has finally begun to shift online and transform.
You might think a company like McGraw Hill, which has been serving students and educators for more than a century, would struggle to keep up and pivot to a digital-first mindset. But we’ve transformed quickly and become a digital leader by taking a somewhat counterintuitive approach: a focus on listening. By listening to educators, as well as to our own talented employees, we’ve gained the insights needed to develop tools that meet our customers’ evolving needs and to strategically build and foster an innovative culture over the long term.
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