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HALF OF GULF BUSINESS LEADERS FEAR INCREASED COMPETITION AS DATA TRAINING PROGRAMMES STALL
Whilst Digital Transformation initiatives accelerate at breakneck speeds , Alteryx research has found over half of senior Gulf leaders face an evergrowing challenge to deliver on core data projects .
Analytics automation company Alteryx has highlighted a core discrepancy between the accelerated pace of Digital Transformation and the provision of the foundational skills needed to deliver it . Despite workers ’ confidence in providing business value through their data skills , the research calls future digital competitiveness into question due to stalled digital upskilling in recent months .
In a survey of more than 300 data workers in the UAE and KSA , Alteryx discovered that 57 % of senior business leaders believe their organisation is ‘ falling behind ’ compared to their competition . 56 % of these executives also confirmed they are ‘ overwhelmed ’ by what they need to learn to refine data into businesschanging insights .
Almost half ( 40 %) of these business leaders recognise that driving upskilling initiatives is the responsibility of top management , but the research found that day-today challenges continue to take priority over critically important data training . 45 % of data workers are unable to upskill at as they continue to be pulled into day-to-day tasks , while one in four ( 24 %) do not know where to start .
Leadership and data workers : priorities at loggerheads
40 % of Gulf C-Suites , VPs and business unit leaders responsible for driving upskilling strategies see little difference between the skills needed today and those needed in five years ’ time . Despite this lack of forwardthinking from business leadership , 86 % of data workers see a clear benefit to enhancing the value they can deliver through data . Interestingly , 28 % have already begun this upskilling journey , and 18 % say they have already completed it .
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