our REVERSE MENTORING-PROGRAM
LEARNING WITH THE CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE FUTURE.
Digital transformation and climate change are transforming markets at rapid speed. Habits and consumer behavior are constantly changing. Generations are drifting apart, new technologies and products are emerging. Reverse mentoring helps with the core issues:
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Understanding tomorrow's customers
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Create social media and technology understanding
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Developing an open feedback culture
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Interpreting new work and the requirements of digital talent
Reverse mentoring is not change esoterica, not consulting blah blah. It is effective because it can be practiced and is easier to implement than almost any other format.
UNSERE DIGITAL NATIVES:
What is REVERSE MENTORING?
Reverse mentoring turns classic mentoring on its head. Here, digital immigrants, i.e. those born before 1981, learn from digital natives. These can be junior staff, people just starting out in their careers, or simply young employees. They have already absorbed technological developments with their mother's milk.
Digital natives set the pace in the markets and, with their changed habits, are a major reasons why conventional business models that have been in place for many decades are coming under increasing attack. In addition, digital natives are an extremely relevant target group due to strong and increasing consumer behavior.
WHY START REVERSE MENTORING?
Reverse mentoring helps to better understand the future. Because you learn from and with the customers and employees of the future.
Reverse mentoring is more than just an exchange on digitization: It promotes cultural change in the company with the aim of anchoring digital know-how and a new mindset in the organization. It's not about theoretical knowledge, colorful beanbags and beautiful posters in the lobby, but about a lively exchange, getting to know the lifeworlds of different generations.
procedure
Reverse mentoring:
Registration
The first step begins with the transmission of your preferences for optimal matching. To do this, we record, among other things, your current job and role, what experience you have and where your needs lie.
Matching
In order to obtain a perfect match, tandems are assigned - similar to a dating app - based on the respective interests as well as supply and demand. With us, this is done AI-supported, with the DIGITAL8 matching software.
Kickoff
A kick-off event moderated by us helps as an "icebreaker" for the tandems and offers the first opportunity to get to know each other and exchange ideas. The organizational framework, goals and initial focus topics are defined.
Realization
Approximately 2 meetings per quarter take place over a period of 6-18 months. Video exchange, meeting at events or classic shadowing are further options. Joint breakouts with our community and a closing event with all participants round off the program.
REVERSE MENTORING with DIGITAL8
The generations Y and Z are 'native speaker' in the digital world and will soon make up the majority of customers as well as employees. Many experienced sxperts, managers and companies are not yet properly prepared for this. We are closing the gap.
We have the most exciting talents
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Young founders, coding aces, state student speakers, sustainability pioneers. We provide access to exeptional talents from the younger generations
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Get to know our mentors
We find the "perfect match"
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Matching of value-added tandems by matching relevant characteristics
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Our algorithm has been optimized and adapted for several years - no one matches better
We support you in setting up your own reverse mentoring program
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For companies, we bring together our many years of experience as well as refreshing talents and exciting personalities from a wide variety of backgrounds
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We support the conception of pilots and accompany extensive rollouts with digital natives from our network, in-house employees ("train the trainer") or a mix
Are there any ambiguities or need further advice? Feel free to contact our community manager and reverse mentoring expert Toni:
Phone: 069-34868968
E-mail: toni@digital8.ai
SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Of course, reverse mentoring is only one building block for a successful transformation. For sustainable success, you need the courage to change! With Digital8.ai we therefore also offer a wide range of other support formats for (digital) cultural change.