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Carmen Alba,聽Academic Director of Schiller Institute of Business Technology in partnership with IBM *This article was originally published in the Generacciona聽聽on March 4, 2022.

"I'm old, not an idiot." With that simple, yet powerful statement, 78-year-old Spaniard聽聽has managed not only to pressure the banks into not forgetting about their older customers, but also to highlight the way the digital society neglects a large part of the population.聽聽In Spain, only 33% of people between 55 and 74 years old have digital skills, according to a recent study by the Fundaci贸n SERES.

In the workplace, digitalization has been accelerated by the pandemic, which has forced us to hone our digital skills in almost every aspect of our lives. From聽聽to the manager seeking to understand the behavior of their consumers through the use of artificial intelligence and data analysis there is hardly a single job anymore that is not affected by digitalization. If the expectations of the Spanish government's recovery plan are met, digitalization will be at the core of our economic and social life by 2025, which could contribute to further deepening the digital gap.

Both realities鈥搒ociety鈥檚 increasing digitalization and the digital gap among over-55s鈥損lace senior talent at a clear disadvantage, and they greatly hinder the much-needed diversity in organizations. Moreover, given the increased life expectancy of today's population and the declining demographic rate, this poses a social problem to which we urgently need to respond.

Digital transformation requires us to have digital skills, education and training. Because if we want to remain part of the labor market, we need to be able to understand and work with machines, robots, and algorithms. Upskilling 鈥搕he acquisition of new skills and competencies for our current job鈥� and reskilling 鈥搕he acquisition of competencies for new jobs鈥� are of prime importance in the digital sphere. According to IBM's study, "",听120 million workers in the 10 largest economies will need to be upskilled in the next three years聽to adapt to the digital training needs demanded by the market.

Ensuring that talent 鈥搒enior and otherwise鈥� is not left behind in the digital transformation of society and business is one of our goals at the Schiller Institute of Business Technology in partnership with IBM. Our programs provide very practical training that enables participants to enter the world of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Business Analytics and Big Data, and to integrate this knowledge into their work activity right from the start.

Ensuring that being 鈥渙ld鈥� and 鈥渄igitally dumb鈥� are never synonyms.