1 in 5 workers consider themselves digital tech experts post covid-19: Gartner

BENGALURU : About one in five workers consider themselves to be digital technology experts since the covid-19 outbreak, while over a half consider themselves proficient, according to a new survey by research firm Gartner, Inc.

An increased reliance on digital collaboration tools and the lack of in-person IT support while working remotely altered many workers’ relationship with technology.

“Workers seized on the crisis to improve their mastery of a wide range of technologies and applications in the space of a few months,” said Whit Andrews, distinguished research vice president at Gartner. “Today’s workplace is vastly different from 2019, and CIOs must prepare their technology stacks, office spaces, IT teams and mindsets to embrace the new future of the digital workplace.”