Growing your company’s social media, installing a collaborative platform, developing web applications, using new terminals (tablets and smartphones), migrating services to instant messaging… There are endless digital transformation projects to consider when it comes to business. We need to be able to adapt in order to comfortably and efficiently use the technology required for our work. Employees must be able to use a variety of technologies, appropriately and efficiently across various spaces, locations and situations, so that they can access information, get creative, innovate, problem-solve, communicate, participate, learn, and support others, to name but a few examples!

Tools and practices are quickly evolving, meaning that learning is an ongoing and necessary process. It’s important to learn through experience.

Digital agility covers six key domains:

1. Productivity and mastering digital tools: Being able to use your computer, a tablet, smartphone, webcam and software to create documents, presentations, and spreadsheets, to edit images or to manage a project. It’s also a question of knowing how to use a calendar and email, as well as social media and video-calling tools to communicate; Downloading files and software/applications, making payments online, managing security and confidentiality settings on your devices.

2. Managing information, data and media: This covers mastering ways of researching, assessing and using information (text, images, video and audio, and also figures, tables, graphics and statistics), being able to judge whether the information that you’ve found is reliable and trustworthy. It’s also important to understand copyrights for information, images, audio and video that you find, and to be able to reference others’ work to avoid plagiarism. Finally, you need to know how to organise this information, so that you can easily find it again, as well as being able to share files and make sure that your personal data is secure.
3. Création numérique, résolution de problèmes et innovation
   The understanding of the process or ability to create new digital materials (written documents, imagery, audio, video for all and code, applications, interfaces, web pages for some). The ability to use digital evidence to solve problems and answer questions; collect and collate new evidence; assess the quality and value of evidence; and share evidence and results. Finally the ability to adopt and develop new ideas or practices with digital technology in different contexts (personal and organizational, social and professional).
   
   
4. Communication numérique, collaboration et participation
   The ability to communicate effectively in digital media and spaces such as forums, and social media; participate in digital teams and workgroups; collaborate effectively using shared digital tools and media; work effectively across cultural, social, and linguistic boundaries, create positive connections and build rapport; share and amplify messages across networks; behave in a safe and ethical manner
   
   
5. Apprentissage et développement numérique : Learning and digital development The ability to: Participate (and benefit from) digital learning opportunities; Identify and use learning resources; Take part in dialogues, and manage your time and tasks.
   
   
6. Digital identity and well-being
   It's about knowing how to manage one's digital reputation (personal or professional) across platforms; creating and maintaining digital profiles. There is also the ability to look after one's health, safety and work-life balance.