The concept of “work” has undergone a metamorphosis in the recent few months. Though this change has been evolving for some time, a dramatic shift in the global situation has brought to the fore the importance of examining it in detail.
In addition to the changed work environment that we find ourselves in, certain internal and external disrupters are shaping the behavior of work and its future:
- A fast-changing technology landscape: advent of exponential technologies
- Moving from sequential to simultaneous: equating between width and depth
- Organic thinking: a ‘blue sky’ approach towards agile and change based designs
- Rapidly expanding workforce structures: flexible geographic and other working conditions
The industry is abuzz with terms like robotics, blockchain technology, cognitive & predictive analytics, intelligent automation, and many more. Digital technology is revolutionizing both our personal and business life and redefining the workplace rules. Technology is creating brilliant new opportunities for interconnected units to operate as a single organized entity, breaking down silos and creating radically new environments.
Coping with the complexity of today’s business environment is not just about predicting the future or reducing risk. It’s about building capacity in ourselves, our people, and the organization - to adapt continuously and learn speedily, in order to maximize the chances of seizing fleeting opportunities. To succeed in this evolving journey, it has now become an imperative for leaders of progressive organizations to continuously strategize, redesign, and collaborate.
SSF’s Digital Leadership eSummit, 2020 will provide the essential knowledge, insights and perspectives, which are needed to achieve these goals.
The fundamental questions about the future of work given the changing landscape remain:
- Are we really ready to embrace technology changes, which will surely transform the methodology of work and work outcomes?
- How and when to deploy smart, social and deep technologies within the given organizational constraints?
- How will digital technology affect jobs and roles; skills and capabilities; and working conditions?
The objective of this summit is to explore the merger of business and technology strategies and to make our digital footprint more effective in finding the right approach, the critical success factors, and the technology leader’s role in the medley.