Kellogg Company SVP, Global Chief Information Officer, Leslie Salmonconsider what it takes to strengthen a culture of digital excellence.
Battle Creek, Michigan, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The global talent shortage is at its highest level in 16 years. Millennial, Gen Z, and Gen X employees make up 75% of his workforce today, and nearly half aren’t planning to stay at his current company for more than his two years. This is the statistic that keeps leaders up at night and why our approach always focuses on our people and their development.
We live in an era of exponential change where new technologies continue to transform the way we work. Leaders must stay abreast of these trends to understand how to capitalize on opportunities and manage the risks artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning pose to the way they do business. Employers must embrace these trends, encourage experimentation and build a culture of continuous learning.
The Kellogg Company is proud to be at the forefront of meeting these needs. Method is as follows.
- IT skill improvement. The hybrid workplace paradigm is accelerating the upskilling and reskilling of teams. Intellectual curiosity, continuous learning, and career development are essential to growth, and that’s why we launched a program called Year of Development Always (YODA). Launching this program is the highlight of my career. Because at the end of the day, you are just as good as your team.
Backed by our Global IT Leadership Team, we create clear career paths, invest in technical and new capabilities, reward technical prowess, broaden our collective breadth and deepen our ability to move us forward.
Enterprise skill up. As the world transitioned to remote work in 2020, collaboration didn’t stop, but it certainly changed. IT has been at the center of that change, enabling employees to continue to work together effectively in new ways supported by the right technology.
Work Smart is a global program that helps employees embrace new ways of working, gain confidence in the digital world of work and ultimately learn to work smarter.
As the demand for technology applications (apps) continues to grow, we see citizen development becoming the norm. Citizen Development is a business process that encourages non-IT employees to become software developers creating business applications using her IT-approved platform. This year, we will enable and encourage organizations to develop their own apps by building a community approach to learning and support.
No matter how digital-first the world has become and will continue to be digital-first, an organization’s people are its most valuable asset. As humans, we have an innate ability to understand other people’s feelings. The story of workplace automation and AI is a story of opportunity, not a race between individuals and machines. “Digital workers,” including AI, robotics, and virtual reality, are performing routine tasks previously performed by humans, freeing us up for more focused activities. AI and machine learning will only enhance what brands can understand to personalize the consumer journey and drive commercial growth.
We invited our Kellogg colleagues to partner with IT in our efforts to strengthen our culture of digital excellence and innovate with superior digital capabilities that drive commercial growth.
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