What is meant by the term, "Digital Workplace"? What is its goal? How does it accomplish that goal? -
Answers Business strategy to boost employee engagement and agility though a more consumerized
work environment.
Involved in their work and have real emotional commitments. To create engaged employees.
Be able to explain the 3 levels of engagement - Answers Engagement: Involved and enthusiastic about
their work and workplace, real emotional connections, commit their time/talent/energy, advance the
organizations objectives
Not engaged: do the bare minimum required, have not bought into the organization's mission, vision,
values, or goals
Actively disengaged: Consistently negative, vocal, create toxic environment
Engagement is not the same as "satisfied"or "happy". Why? - Answers It's possible to be satisfied
(show up to work), not go the extra mile. Not ENOUGH.
Why is engagement important? - Answers Engagement is the emotional commitment an employee
has to the organization and its goals
Engagement matters because you are 17% more productive and 21% more profitable!
It's more than money, misery at work follows you home.
How common is engagement among US workers? Worldwide? - Answers 33% to US workers, Globally
is 15%
What is meant by the term, "Digital Dexterity"? - Answers Ability and desire of the workforce to use
existing and emerging technology for better business outcomes
Be able to explain the Legos metaphor. - Answers WE all have the same legos. Who is better at
building things with those legos? The employees who can build legos well are going to THRIVE.
Why is digital dexterity important for an individual employee? ...for an organization? - Answers
Because trends demand digital dexterity. Technology is changing, work is changing, and IT is changing
It's important because the individuals are going to THRIVE. They will be a major source of competitive
advantage. THE COMPANY needs digital dexterity for individual employees.
What is the "Internet of Things" (IoT)? - Answers At a fixed price point, computers get much more
powerful
For fixed amount of power, computers become much cheaper
Be able to explain how Moore's Law helped make the IoT possible - Answers Number of transistors on
a chip doubles every two years at the same price
Why do businesses put sensors on "things"? - Answers Image recognition. Security, customer
sentiment analysis, product recognition - QA, inventory
Near field communications. Apple iPay
What is "Bitcoin"? - Answers Digital currency, decentralized, secure and confidential
Why do Blockchain systems have distributed ledgers? - Answers Distributed ledger that enables
trusted transactions in an untrusted environment.
Why is encryption used with Blockchain distributed ledgers? - Answers Use incredibly strong
encryption so that all of the transactions are effectively welded
What is a Smart Contract? How do they work? - Answers Program code, code within a transaction,
takes actions based on conditions, runs as long as it has money
What is RPA? - Answers Robotic Process Automation
How does RPA work? - Answers Machine learning, natural language interface, processes routine tasks,
works with existing applications
What kind of tasks can an RPA system perform? - Answers "Emilia" a virtual cognitive agent, Amelia
by IP Soft, an agent that comes across a situation, mad at her? She will have a down emotion
What is a "Robo-Boss"? - Answers Machine learning, RPA and AI technology
Why can the supervisor job be automated? in regards to Robo-Boss? - Answers Process routine tasks,
approve time, schedule employees, resume screening, performance evaluation
Are they unbiased? Why or why not? For Robo-Bosses? - Answers Yes. Algorithims are not neutral.
Algorithims are our opinions embedded in code. Reporting to robobosses
What is the alleged benefit to workers of RPA systems? - Answers They free employees up from
routine or repetitive tasks and let them focus on more challenging tasks.