THE PANDEMIC DIDN'T CREATE NEW DIGITAL TRENDS...

…It accelerated them, sometimes by a decade, argues Sanket Atal, SVP and Managing Director - Sites at Salesforce India. In a world where the ‘anywhere’ model is changing everything that worked when physical offices were the norm, and in an era where advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, blockchain and other emerging technologies are happening in ever shorter cycles – here’s how looking at, and managing, talent in a fresh way helps

- Pratima harigunani

SANKET ATAL

SVP & Managing Director- Sites, Salesforce India

Flexibility in where, when and how we work The past two years have challenged us to reimagine not only how we work or connect, but what it means to build a collaborative culture in an all-digital, work-from-anywhere world. Having flexibility in where, when and how we work has made many of us simultaneously more productive and balanced.

Since the pandemic began, we’ve on-boarded tens of thousands of employees remotely, who have never met their manager or their teams in person. Many of our existing employees haven’t seen their colleagues face to-face in two years and finding ways to connect is the number one thing Salesforce employees asked for in our last employee survey.

While our physical spaces serve a different purpose today than they did two years ago, an essential part of our ‘Success From Anywhere’ strategy is finding ways to empower our teams to come together and connect safely — and creating spaces that cultivate a sense of connection, collaboration, and joy. We recently announced the launch of our Trailblazer Ranch, which is an exciting new gathering place where employees can forge trusted relationships with their colleagues, learn from one another, get inspired, grow in their career, get trained in the company, and give back to the community in a fun and safe environment.

The Digital skills gap has got even greater than before