Today, I am reading: How can digital transformation drive productivity and equality?

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Lesson: How can digital transformation drive productivity and equality? 

The global pandemic has accelerated the world’s digital transformation. Businesses that were lagging behind have been forced to fast-track their efforts, faced with the choice of going digital or shutting up shop.

Amid lockdowns and restrictions, interaction between staff and their customers has become increasingly contactless, with it going completely virtual in many cases.

The health crisis has left millions of workers stuck at home, transforming a bedroom or living area into a new type of office. This has created an immediate challenge for many businesses in making sure their workforce has the right equipment, which in many cases includes a stable internet connection and secure access to the company's intranet and workspaces, to be able to fulfil the requirements of their jobs.

The sudden shift to working from home and businesses going remote has seen many processes digitised, from staff meetings, presentations and customer interaction, to business travel and transactions that had until now traditionally been done on paper.

What challenges does this fast-tracked digital transformation mean for businesses? For SMEs, where do the investment and know-how come from? How can global, digital divides be bridged so that nobody is left behind? What does it mean for accessibility, equality and the gender gap?

What kind of upskilling and training do workers require to thrive in a fully digitalised environment? What new opportunities does this all open up? And what role do global governments and EU public institutions play in supporting this transition?

Euronews' Disrupted Live debate put these questions and more to some of the key thinkers and digital players in Europe.

Link:https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/11/live-debate-how-can-digital-transformation-drive-productivity-and-equality

Voccabulary:

restrictions: sự hạn chế

equality: công bằng

flexibility: uyển chuyển (linh hoạt)

adapt: phỏng theo

accelerate: thúc giúc

lagging: trùy trệ

virtual: ảo

crisis: khủng hoảng

immediate: ngay lập tức

workforce: lực lượng lao đạo

stable: ổn định

intranet: mạng nội bộ

remote: xa xôi

transaction: giao dịch

divide: phân chia

bridge/brɪdʒ/: cầu. Ex: He bridged a gap in the conversation. Anh ấy đã lấp chỗ trống trong câu chuyện.???

gender: chung (giới tính)

gap: lỗ hỗng

thrive: phát triển

institution: tổ chức

respondent: người trả lời

lockdown: đóng cửa

sector: khu vực

trend: khunh hướng

tend: có xu hướng

slight: mảnh dẻ

infrastructure: cơ sở hạ tầng

sufficient: /səˈfɪʃnt/: đủ

accelerating: tăng tốc

efficiency:/ɪˈfɪʃnsi/ hiệu quả.

expose: phơi bày

risk: rủi ro

sustain: duy trì

sustainable: bền vững

except: ngoại trì

expect: mong đợi

expert: chuyên gia

engage: thuê

engagement: hôn ước

division: sự phân chia

digitized: kỹ thuật số

transaction: giao dịch

transition: chuyển tiếp



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