SC104 How the Digital Skills Gap Is Killing Your Team’s Productivity—and What You Can Do About It
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Wednesday, October 29
Management Xchange Stage
As today’s workforce adopts new technologies, only one in 10 workers consider themselves proficient with the digital tools they use every day. Meanwhile, rapid technological change has led to a skills half-life of just 2.5 years, allowing even the most adept among us to fall quickly behind while the US economy picks up the nearly $1 trillion dollar check in lost productivity. By laying out a digital competency model made up of eight core skills, this presentation provides a tool kit for closing your organization’s skills gap so that you can catch up, keep up, and move ahead.
Alex Khurgin
Director of Learning Innovation
Grovo
Alex Khurgin is a director of learning innovation at Grovo, a learning solution for today’s workforce. A leader in the microlearning movement, Alex has played an integral role in developing Grovo’s methodology, using science and psychology to engineer a learning experience for modern minds. He is also responsible for developing an internal learning culture at Grovo by facilitating a program for professional development and self-directed learning for all employees. Prior to Grovo, Alex developed next-generation educational content at leading ed tech company Knewton. Alex graduated with a BA in philosophy from Amherst College.
