On 28 March in Berlin during the ‘Transformation Summit’, which was attended by no less than Wolfgang Schmidt, Chief of Staff of the German Chancellor, 36 large companies employing more than 1.3 million people in Germany, decided to join forces in the Opportunity Alliance. In it the members intend to address the burning challenges of digitalization, automation, decarbonization and demographic aging. According to the Alliance, at least 10 million workers are affected, and the concomitant training and adaptation effort required is of a national dimension.
A national challenge. Digitalization, automation, decarbonization and demographic aging are all phenomena that have already begun to disrupt economies and societies. For companies, they pose a major challenge in terms of the workforce. “We are talking about more than ten million people who will have to acquire significantly higher qualifications by 2030, or even have to learn entirely new professions,” emphasizes Birgit Bohle, Head of Human Resources at Deutsche Telekom, for whom the sheer volu
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