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HR’s Involvement Will Make or Break Digital Transformation Success in the Future of Work: New Research From McLean & Company

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Global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company has published a resource that will provide HR leaders with the necessary insight and guidance to navigate an ever-evolving digital landscape. Highlighting the importance of people in technological transformations, the firm explains that though advancements in technology traditionally fall to IT, the exclusion of HR in the equation of digital transformation is a significant misstep for organizations seeking long-term success in the future of work.

TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2024 /CNW/ – As concerns regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological advancements that are changing the work landscape have been dominating discourse in the business world, HR professionals are tasked with ensuring they and their organizations are not left behind. In response to HR’s need for support and guidance in navigating ongoing rapid digital transformation, global research and advisory firm McLean & Company has published HR’s Role in Driving Meaningful Digital Transformation. The firm’s new thought leadership research provides insights into the roles and responsibilities HR must perform and considerations it must address on the path to enabling meaningful digital transformation for their organizations, emphasizing that HR plays a crucial role in transformational success.

In the resource, McLean & Company explains how digital transformation signifies a large-scale technological shift that opens fresh possibilities for an organization’s business model. HR brings the critical lens of people management to digital transformation, including considerations around culture, workload, employee engagement, inclusion, and equity, which are just a few key areas in which HR’s expertise is needed for successful transformation.  

“Technology either disrupts or disrupts and transforms organizations,” says Lisa Highfield, principal director of HR Technology and AI at McLean & Company. “An expanded understanding of what success means for digital transformation uncovers the potential of HR’s pivotal contributions, leveraging its expertise in managing the people side of the organization. Regardless of which additional areas are used to define transformation success, how effectively people, processes, and technology are working together to build thriving operations will ultimately dictate organizational health and, therefore, success.”

McLean & Company covers the following four key areas of implementing digital transformation in the new industry resource to assist HR leaders in understanding and navigating rapid technological advancements for positive, long-term organizational impact:

What is digital transformation? In the first section of the resource, McLean & Company outlines the definition and evolution of digital transformation, what a successful transformation entails, as well as the significant risks associated with misplaced efforts or refusal to adapt. The firm highlights that digital transformation is evolving, with successful transformation having a broad reach, including overall organizational and operational health. Other measures of success include competitive advantage, return on investment, velocity of implementation, and employee experience. Failure to adapt to digital transformation poses risks to these critical elements of success.

The urgency and necessity for HR’s involvement. The second segment of the resource presents why the partnership between IT and HR is vital for digital transformation. Although digital transformation efforts typically fall under IT’s jurisdiction rather than HR’s, the scope and impacts of digital transformation necessitate HR’s involvement to bring the critical people perspective to the forefront. For example, when HR is a strategic partner, organizations are 2.7 times more likely to be highly effective at generating and implementing new ideas and 1.8 times more likely to be highly effective at changing quickly at scale to capitalize on new opportunities. Without HR’s strategic contribution to digital transformation, decisions will be made that lack insights into people priorities, such as balancing workloads, promoting engagement drivers, and implementing change management initiatives, which risks overexerting, overwhelming, and disengaging employees.

Critical success factors for digital transformation. The third section of the research provides an overview of the four main critical success factors and how HR can own and activate them to support the organization’s transformation efforts. These tactical factors for digital transformation that fall under HR’s purview are:

            i.     Culture
            ii.     People and relationships
            iii.     Skilled and empowered employees
            iv.     Change management

HR has a special connection to and responsibility for organizational culture, with shaping and maintaining organizational culture anticipated to be HR’s top-rated value-add activity in 2030. By ensuring that the people programs across the organization effectively reinforce, recognize, and celebrate the behaviors needed for the organization’s digital transformation and support digital transformation, HR can define the desired behaviors and identify how they are being reinforced or inhibited within the organization.

The path forward. This portion of the firm’s research is intended to help HR assess its organization’s current state of the tactical critical success factors, and it provides guidance on how to focus HR’s resources strategically. With limited capacity and resources, it is impossible for HR to effectively cover all critical success factors simultaneously. McLean & Company explains that HR can avoid analysis paralysis by understanding the current state of factors in the organization and intentionally directing efforts where they will have the biggest impact, noting that strategic HR organizations can leverage positive downstream impacts of transformation to reinforce the strategic partnership role HR has established and contribute to the overall success of organizational objectives.

“Technological changes are process changes, which are ultimately people changes,” explains Highfield. “HR’s value as a culture steward cannot be overstated. It will be HR that identifies which elements of the current culture will best serve the organization through digital transformation, and which elements are getting in the way of desired outcomes. As people experts, HR plays the primary role in activating the critical success factors and amplifying the necessary behaviors to support success.”

McLean & Company advises that exponential advancements in technology and the ever-evolving global business landscape cause a continuous state of change. Even the most well-established action plan can become irrelevant if iteration and review is not built in, so the firm recommends that HR teams remain anticipatory to support the organization in staying competitive and innovative in the future of work.

To access the full resource, please visit HR’s Role in Driving Meaningful Digital Transformation or contact kking@mcleanco.com.  

To register for the upcoming free webinar, What About the People? Culture, Change, and HR’s Role in AI and Digital Transformation, please visit McLean & Company’s webinars page.

Media interested in connecting with McLean & Company analysts for exclusive, research-backed insights and commentary on generative AI in HRHR trends in 2024the future of work, and more can contact Senior Communications Manager Kelsey King at kking@mcleanco.com.    

About McLean & Company

McLean & Company pairs evidence-based research and immediately applicable tools with deep HR expertise to position organizations to meet today’s needs and prepare for the future. The global HR research and advisory firm’s member organizations enjoy comprehensive resources, full-service diagnostics, workshops, action plans, and advisory services for all levels of HR professionals, from executive leadership to HR leaders to HR team members, that help shape workplaces where everyone thrives.

McLean & Company is a division of Info-Tech Research Group.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact kking@mcleanco.com.

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Siemon Introduces Bundled Fiber Trunks for Faster, More Efficient Network Deployments

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The Siemon Company, a global leader in network infrastructure solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its new Bundled Fiber Trunks. Designed to streamline fiber optic network installations and reduce deployment time, Siemon Bundled Fiber Trunks offer a cost-effective and reliable option for a variety of projects.

WATERTOWN, Conn., Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Siemon Company, a global leader in network infrastructure solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its new Bundled Fiber Trunks. Designed to streamline fiber optic network installations and reduce deployment time, Siemon Bundled Fiber Trunks offer a cost-effective and reliable option for a variety of projects.

Siemon Bundled Fiber Trunks are a game-changer for network installations. By simplifying the process and reducing installation time, we’re empowering our customers to achieve their project goals more efficiently and effectively.

Siemon Bundled Fiber Trunks combine high-performance fiber cables into a single, easy-to-manage bundle, optimizing pathway fill and significantly accelerating installation. With up to a 50% faster deployment rate, this innovative solution helps businesses and organizations reduce project costs and time-to-market.

“Siemon Bundled Fiber Trunks are a game-changer for network installations,” said Tony Walker, Siemon Fiber Product Marketing Manager. “By simplifying the process and reducing installation time, we’re empowering our customers to achieve their project goals more efficiently and effectively.”

Key features of Siemon Bundled Fiber Trunks include:

Streamlined installation: Reduced pathway fill and faster deploymentExceptional performance: Equivalent to single-jacket fiberDurability: Robust construction for reliable performanceVersatility: Available in a wide range of configurations

For more information about Siemon Bundled Fiber Trunks and other Siemon products, please visit www.siemon.com.

About Siemon

Established in 1903, Siemon is an industry leader specializing in the design and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance IT infrastructure solutions and services for Data Centers, LANs, and Intelligent Buildings. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, with global sales, technical, and logistics expertise spanning 150 countries, Siemon offers the most comprehensive suites of copper and optical fiber cabling systems, racks, cable management, and Intelligent Infrastructure Management solutions. With more than 400 patents specific to structured cabling, Siemon Labs invests heavily in R&D and the development of Industry Standards, underlining the company’s long-standing commitment to its customers and the industry. Through an ongoing commitment to waste and energy reduction, Siemon’s environmental sustainability benchmarks are unparalleled in the industry.

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Oberon Securities Advises Keens Steakhouse in Sale Transaction

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Oberon Securities acted as exclusive advisor to Keens Steakhouse in the sale transaction.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Oberon Securities, a New York-based middle market investment banking firm, acted as exclusive advisor to Keens Steakhouse in the sale transaction announced yesterday.

With more than 70 senior bankers serving businesses across the country and around the world, Oberon is one of the fastest growing New York City based middle-market investment banking firms. Its clients benefit from the market credibility associated with the firm’s longstanding relationships with many of the nation’s largest and most prestigious institutional investors. Oberon’s approach has generated numerous long-term, multi-transaction client engagements and attracted investment bankers who have spent their careers working with middle-market companies.

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Specified Technologies Inc. Unveils Firestop Clash Management and Locator Updates

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SOMERVILLE, N.J., Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Specified Technologies Inc. has announced their latest Firestop Clash Management (FCM) and Firestop Locator (FSL) releases. FCM automates the process of locating and assigning firestop solutions to conditions within Autodesk® Revit®, enabling firestop novices to find firestop solutions like a firestop expert. In this latest release, STI has further expanded the capabilities of FCM by integrating it with their firestop documentation and compliance tool, Firestop Locator (FSL). FSL enables contractors and facilities’ teams to document the status, location, and products used for any and all fire life safety services across a building.

In the latest update for FSL, teams can now create custom items to track any service on their project beyond the base six (Penetration, Joint, Extinguisher, Door, Damper, and Barrier). Teams can also modify the base six items to include project specific inspection and maintenance requirements and any other details that they would like to be tracked.

With this new integration, decisions made during the design phase of a building using FCM are seamlessly passed into FSL during the construction phase, giving implementation teams a jump start on work to be done. This integration also improves data integrity and eliminates the guesswork in the field of determining what firestop systems and products are to be used where.

“We’re proud of the latest releases of FCM and FSL and look forward to continuing to support the fire life safety community,” says Justin Pine, Sr. Manager of Software & Services.

Specified Technologies Inc. promotes life and building safety by developing innovative fire protection systems and accompanying digital tools that help stop the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. Our SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered for easy installation and deliver powerful performance, often resulting in lower installed costs. Since firestopping is our only business, we concentrate all our resources on providing the highest quality, fully tested, innovative firestopping solutions.

Contact: Jess Bern; jbern@stifirestop.com

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