Image: Pexels Share with your network! The gap between businesses’ demand for digital skills and supply among the workforce is widening drastically. According to a global McKinsey survey nearly 90% of executives say they have a shortage of skills needed in their workforce already or expect this to be the case in the next few years. This divide has only deepened over the past year as the shift to digital across all aspects of business and society has accelerated at hyper speed. Unless significant action is taken soon, this digital skills gap will become endemic. But governments, nonprofits and educational institutions should not be left to solve the problem alone. Businesses have a pivotal role to play addressing the skills gap through a rethinking of education and training initiatives. This role will not only promote economic recovery in the short term, but also enable sustainable growth and a more equitable future.