Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine May 2019 | Page 59

REVERSE ENGINEERING
59 community where women feel comfortable in STEM is important .”
REVERSE ENGINEERING
Any CIO will admit that digital transformation isn ’ t just about new gadgets and technologies , it ’ s also about the people . At its annual Dell Tech forum , for example , Dell Technologies singled out workforce transformation as a crucial stand of any digital disruption programme . Within the firm , Dell Technologies has implemented what it describes as ‘ reverse engineering ’, whereby it pairs more seasoned employees with new graduates to encourage cross-generational peerto-peer training . “ I think it ’ s been a huge learning curve for us ,” says Dayne Turbitt , Senior Vice President of Dell EMC ’ s Enterprise Sales Division . “ We paired legacy employees with millennials and this helps to break down the paradigms you develop over decades of business . It makes the business open to new ideas , it fosters a new culture of innovation . We ’ ve done some amazing
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