There's no turning back from the new reality of work. The crisis has put us all in a reset mode. Given the current situation with a vaccine for COVID-19 still a far-fetched dream, many organizations have decided to continue working from home for a percentage of their employees. The workplace will now be a combination of the virtual and physical set up, with a portion of the workforce working remotely while others are at the office, in the field, warehouses or factories. This creates the need for organizations to accelerate their digital transformation journey and ensure a digitally connected workforce.
Organizations have to be more digital, data-driven, have more variable cost structures, agile operations, and automation, and have to invest to create stronger capabilities and also ensure privacy and security.
The leaders should consider the steps they take to reopen as the first in a long journey of a wider transformation
“Companies need to go beyond the transactional to truly understand their employees if they want to create productive, inclusive and rewarding working environments for the long haul,” said experts from Accenture, in an email interaction with People Matters.
They shared that leaders should consider the steps they take to reopen as the first in a long journey of wider transformation. A program of active reinvention that outmaneuvers uncertainty starts with five areas – putting people first, designing spaces that work, solving in phases, committing to an elastic cost structure, and getting future-ready.
Scaling up the core digital infrastructure
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