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How are businesses thinking about digital adoption in 2020?

by | Sep 3, 2020

Change | HR Technology
Leaders connection to people, productivity and wellbeing, people data, digital adoption / HRTech247 / HR team / employee value proposition / payroll technology / tech overload / learning platform / HR shared services teams / office workplace / measure business culture / collaboration tools- / talent management / agile leadership
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How are businesses thinking about digital adoption in 2020?

What does digital adoption in 2020 look like? On this Thursday’s podcast, Aaron and Chris are joined by technology adoption expert Andy Barlow, VP of Innovation at Applearn. We talk to Andy about their recently released Digital Adoption Pulse Report, where they asked 500 business leaders what their experiences, challenges and priorities were in terms of enterprise software. Listen to the podcast to deep dive into the results.

 

 

Check out these additional resources related to digital adoption:

How relevant are the ‘One Big Thing’ themes in the digital adoption market?
What is your digital adoption strategy? And are you asking the right questions?
What key factors should you consider when developing your digital adoption plan?

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