Wim Bens is managing partner at Bens & Partners.

Opinion

Tackling ICT innovation challenges with … students?

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A new initiative that has students helping SMEs figure out their digitalization needs is just what the doctor ordered, writes Wim Bens.

ICT in all its forms and possibilities is developing so fast that many can’t keep up. Of course, some entrepreneurs manage to find ways to be heading the innovations in their sector. They have the right people around them, who inspire them, help them and lead the way into digitalization, robotization, automation and the broad spectrum of technology development. There’s also a group of companies following the leaders. These get inspired by their innovative colleagues, and copy, ‘steal’ and duplicate what they see around them. Those two leading groups typically make up 15-20 percent of the total number of companies in the sector.

At the other end of the spectrum, 15-20 percent of companies are already lost. They’re already lagging in too many aspects, they’re already dead without knowing it. Don’t bother helping this group anymore.

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