Mobile workspace: why it is time for companies to step up
- In its study for 2017/2018, the digital index – part of the D21 initiative supported by the German federal government – again specifically examined the issue of digital working.
- Finding: Germans have recognized the significance of digital working on mobile devices and welcome it.
- Those surveyed believe the potential for their work outweighs the risks. Maintaining a good work-life balance is particularly important to them.
- Two-thirds of employees make greater use of digital technologies in their private sphere than at work. As many as three in four Germans are still teaching themselves digital skills outside of work.
- At the moment, the option of working while travelling or at home is only available to a very small proportion (16 percent) of employees (30 percent for those in purely office roles).
- The smartphone has become established as by far the most popular platform for using digital services.
- However, only about a fifth of employees have access to an end device provided by their employer.
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Employees are willing to use digital technologies to change the way that they work. (Source: D21-Digital-Index 2017/2018)
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The smartphone is by far the most widely used device. (Source: D21-Digital-Index 2017/2018)
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The percentage of employees able to work remotely is still small. (Source: D21-Digital-Index 2017/2018)
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Only one in five employees in an office role has a smartphone provided by the company. (Source: D21-Digital-Index 2017/2018)
“The findings of the digital index again show that the importance of mobile end devices in the context of digitalization continues to grow – both in the private sphere and at work. Many employees have the flexibility to work from home or while travelling and have a say in designing their workplace. Going forward, companies must do much more to help their employees make greater use of digital technologies: The ‘mobile workspace 4.0’ will have to cater to the digital requirements of all groups of users so that companies are not left behind by the competition and can foster their employees’ digital skills.”
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CHG-MERIDIAN is a partner of the D21 digital index. The study itself can be downloaded from the website of the D21 initiative (http://initiatived21.de/publikationen/d21-digital-index-2017-2018/).
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