Realization of these principles will require both protocols If Not Now, When? and potential constructs or platforms – (for example, a “data passport”) in which consumers can securely store the data As technology-driven change continues to accelerate, that they explicitly agreed to share with companies across the long-term viability of the economic system depends multiple marketplaces. on thoughtful, collaborative, purposeful and immediate stakeholder action. These specific societal implications are intrinsically linked by a common purpose to drive societies towards digital inclusivity. Stakeholder groups can, and should, actively explore ways to mitigate these societal impacts through both individual and collaborative actions. Figure 14: Calls to Action – Stakeholder Involvement to Achieve a Better Future STAKEHOLDERS THEME CALL TO ACTION Individual Academic Enabling Workers Industry Government Institutions Disruptors Transform academic curricula and culture from focus on X X X X X knowledge and four-year degree to lifelong learning Use data to drive right-skilling that recurrently identifies and X X builds newly required skills; measure the ROI of programmes Address the affordability hurdle X X X Worker of alternative learning Enablement in Couple education/skills the Digital Age programmes with career X X opportunities Enable the “digitally underprivileged” with digital X literacy and infrastructure Reform to tie benefits to the employee rather than company; X X broad-based benefits, including learning accounts Invest in platforms and technology that enable workers Flexicurity to provide a transparent X X X and verified record of their competencies Create comprehensible overview of consumer data collection and X X X usage Deploy control mechanisms, X X X X (e.g. consumer data passport) Consumer Data Principles Define data security requirements X X X and infrastructure Operating Models for the Future of Consumption 23
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