Don’t forget the humans in the rush for Digital

Analysts at  Kyocera have highlighted the need to concentrate on people as well as technology when rolling out digital projects.

In its recent report, Kyocera found that the people element was one of the crucial factors in deeming if a strategy would be successful or not.

Kyocera expert software product management Michael Powell said: “All companies know that the basis for evolution is to carry out a process of digital transformation.”Although it is important to know that Digital Transformation is more than just about moving towards digitalisation, it is rather a slow process of transition rather than jumping in at the deep end with swathes of automated processes and digitised documentation right from the off.

“To carry out this process, the first step has to be a change in business culture. From there, we must assume that the transformation is a combination of new technological tools, which in turn make companies rethink their workflows and processes. Throughout this all, the people of any organisation are the foundation. It is fundamental that businesses understand that the employee is the driver of the Digital Transformation from within the company itself.”