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In England in the 1800s the nobility report to the servants was about 1:10 – then the industrial revolution came. By 2030 advanced firms will have many more agents (prefer the term digital workers) than human workers. (See my previous forbes column on he agents.) Yes, there is a ton of hype about him agents, including Salesforce’s clumsy advertising with McConaughey moistening in a restaurant because of his agent poorly trained. But there are firms that are already setting these digital workers and allowing their employees to “hire” them as needed through regular internal channels.
A great example is onedigital, a financial services firm that has over 100,000 employers and millions of individuals as clients. They offer personalized, technology -activated solutions designed to meet contemporary work life needs. The firm grew through many purchases of service firms and councilors and boasts its entrepreneurial zeal-so the idea of a top-down mandate for digital workers was a non-initial.
Instead, the team in a digital, led by the leader of Ai Vinay Gidwaney, created a group of digital workers (10 are now with about a dozen in the pipeline) that have been trained in various areas of expertise. This new pool of digital talent is available inside the firm through a Personnel Portal. See the screen shoot above for an example.
You can see that “Frank” is an expert in the effectiveness of sales and strategling the service growth that OneDigital offers to existing customers. Also, “Yesper” has recently been added to help managers mentor and support their team members while maintaining the Innovation of OneDigital and the first customer culture, as the OneDigital has increased significantly in recent years. There are many others including “Ben”, an expert in everything that has to do with reducing healthcare costs for oneDigital customers. Given the fact that onedigital customers are increasingly looking at health care costs as a vinay challenge and the team set it a great place to invest in a digital worker.
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As Vinay notes, “we chose the analogy of hiring a digital worker than to use jargon because it is much easier to understand and classify what you need to help you in your work. Also, fit with our culture of sales and services oriented to services ”.
The project was started in mid -2024 and is rotating throughout the company at the beginning of 2025. Over 10 agents are “employed” and early value ratios are strong. For example, in January alone, with a small group of 200 Consultants, over 3,000 interactions were completed.
Vinay expects this investment to grow as they increase more and more skills. Vinay notes, “Because of the strong expectation so far, we look forward to creating dozens of digital workers in the fields of sales effectiveness, back offices, HR and more. Moreover, now that we have digital workers in By working with real people and real interactions, staff imaginations open in the world of opportunities, and we look forward to listening to what creative ideas are about young digital collaborators. “
In our work at Gai Insights, we are seeing key firms that realize that it is not only a technological change, but it is an organizational change. The beauty of using the worker’s digital analogy is that everyone can relate to it.
3 implications for leaders
The first practical implication is to understand What types of digital workers are born. See onedigital’s work, understand what firms like Accenture and Salesforce are doing to create agents upon request. Think about what you can build for yourself.
Secondly, Consider the places in your organization where digital workers can create more lever. Do you want coverage for help, service and other topics while you are closed? Will the additional RFP review capacity increase the speed of response to customers? Firm firm has a bottle or two neck that a digital worker can help soften.
Third, and perhaps most importantly, after creating financial surplus from these innovations, give some to the client and some to investors, but Don’t forget to reinvest in your talent To help them grow and create a positive learning loop in which human and digital workers amplify their performance together. Remember, Henry Ford doubled the daily salary from $ 2.50 to $ 5.00 when he started his revolution and now it’s time to do the same.