Hybrid work culture how it has been shaping up post pandemic
Please share your insights on why companies and employees see the future of workspaces as hybrid even in the post-pandemic era?
There is no denying that more and more employees prefer flexible working arrangements, and a sizable number of surveys and academic studies support this. The majority of people who are employed place a high value on the flexibility and work-life balance that remote employment allows them to accomplish. The economic justification is one of the factors that employers are interested in when choosing a hybrid approach, though. Since the normal cost of renting office space alone is about 1.5 to 2 times the cost of an employee, the business can make significant savings when people work from home. Add to that the additional significant expenses like furniture, cafeteria, and transportation that could be minimized if staff worked from home. On the other hand, the other end of the spectrum also supports the idea that going back to work is essential for encouraging creativity and personal development. In reality, some business executives have also observed that the isolation of Covid has eroded ties between employers and employees. Because of this, businesses today and for the foreseeable future are turning to the benefits of hybrid working.
As digital penetration in jobs has increased more than ever, how is this digital transformation benefiting organizations? At the same time, what challenges does it bring?
The digital transformation of businesses is a cliched subject and yet has not lost its significance as digital transformation is majorly responsible to consistently enable businesses to modernize legacy processes, accelerate efficient workflows, strengthen security, and increase profitability. 90% of companies today are doing business in the cloud, globally. For many companies, the driver for digital transformation is cost-related. Moving data to a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment lowers operational costs. It frees up hardware and software costs while freeing up team members to work on other projects. If done right, digital transformation of an organization can not only help with improved productivity, increased agility, and profits, but also establish a stronger resource management system, a better customer experience, enhance data collection as well as data-driven customer insights and also encourage digital culture with improved collaboration.
Despite being a cliché, digital transformation of businesses as a subject remains crucial since it consistently makes it possible for organisations to upgrade outdated processes, speed up effective workflows, strengthen security, and boost profitability. 90% of businesses today operate in the cloud, globally. The cost factor is a major motivator for digital transformation for many businesses. Operational costs are reduced when data is moved to a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment. It reduces the cost of hardware and software while allowing team members to work on other tasks. If done correctly, a company's digital transformation can boost cooperation, data collecting, data-driven consumer insights, and revenues in addition to productivity, agility, and profits. It can also help to develop a stronger resource management system and improve customer experience.
As with any change management initiative, there will be difficulties that businesses must overcome during the transformation processes because there is so much at stake. These difficulties can range from people-centric problems to structural issues to technical barriers and everything in between. Organizations will need a change management and digital transformation strategy that will outline the path for promoting adoption of new tools and processes in order to combat these situations in a more structured way. Budgetary restrictions, security worries, a lack of adequate IT skills, employee pushback, and constantly changing customer needs can all be major obstacles to a smooth transition.
Technology-based solutions have catapulted the hybrid working process, how should organizations strategize their business processes to enable a smooth transition?
Enabling a workplace that is innovative, inclusive and insightful demands a strategy to rethink how work gets done. While some businesses have chosen to gradually adopt a hybrid culture, other companies took a risk and began hybrid work as soon as they reopened their doors. Whatever method businesses choose to adopt a hybrid way of working, adopting technological solutions that can coexist with existing ones, like IceWarp, without disrupting workflow will greatly help the transition. Success with hybrid work will require deliberate change management, which is a process. The hybrid future will undoubtedly be promising with deliberate effort.
What, according to you, is the best way forward to further welcome new possibilities in modern workplaces? How should the organizations be prepared?
And as technology continues to advance and our work styles continue to evolve, organizations do need to be adequately prepared for the future of these workspaces. One of the best ways for any business to equip its employees for success and efficiency, both in the office and remotely, is to implement unified communications for consistency and flexibility. However, with new-age opportunities, there are newer threats that exist. Hence, evaluate the solutions installed thoroughly from a security and seamlessness point of view to enable the workforce with a secure high-functioning enterprise solution.
Hybrid is here, next is what? What is the future of workplaces?
The future of work is being shaped by two powerful forces: The growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and the expansion of the workforce to include both on- and off-balance-sheet talent. The changes in the store could range from the ones for the workplace, the workforce, and the nature of the work itself. With the growing importance given to work-life balance, the employer’s focus areas will shift fundamentally and middle management will have different responsibilities. Upskilling and digital dexterity will outweigh tenure and experience to promote a continuous learning environment and the employee management, monitoring, and data collection technology will expand drastically. Remote work-life balance will reveal unique challenges which will propel the C-suite to upgrade to solutions that not only solve these roadblocks but also provide pre-emptive solutions at affordable costs with seamless integration. Businesses would want to have solutions which are not deep on the pocket and still able to give the value of features that are must for keeping them connected and work in a collaborative environment.
There is no denying that more and more employees prefer flexible working arrangements, and a sizable number of surveys and academic studies support this. The majority of people who are employed place a high value on the flexibility and work-life balance that remote employment allows them to accomplish. The economic justification is one of the factors that employers are interested in when choosing a hybrid approach, though. Since the normal cost of renting office space alone is about 1.5 to 2 times the cost of an employee, the business can make significant savings when people work from home. Add to that the additional significant expenses like furniture, cafeteria, and transportation that could be minimized if staff worked from home. On the other hand, the other end of the spectrum also supports the idea that going back to work is essential for encouraging creativity and personal development. In reality, some business executives have also observed that the isolation of Covid has eroded ties between employers and employees. Because of this, businesses today and for the foreseeable future are turning to the benefits of hybrid working.
As digital penetration in jobs has increased more than ever, how is this digital transformation benefiting organizations? At the same time, what challenges does it bring?
The digital transformation of businesses is a cliched subject and yet has not lost its significance as digital transformation is majorly responsible to consistently enable businesses to modernize legacy processes, accelerate efficient workflows, strengthen security, and increase profitability. 90% of companies today are doing business in the cloud, globally. For many companies, the driver for digital transformation is cost-related. Moving data to a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment lowers operational costs. It frees up hardware and software costs while freeing up team members to work on other projects. If done right, digital transformation of an organization can not only help with improved productivity, increased agility, and profits, but also establish a stronger resource management system, a better customer experience, enhance data collection as well as data-driven customer insights and also encourage digital culture with improved collaboration.
Despite being a cliché, digital transformation of businesses as a subject remains crucial since it consistently makes it possible for organisations to upgrade outdated processes, speed up effective workflows, strengthen security, and boost profitability. 90% of businesses today operate in the cloud, globally. The cost factor is a major motivator for digital transformation for many businesses. Operational costs are reduced when data is moved to a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment. It reduces the cost of hardware and software while allowing team members to work on other tasks. If done correctly, a company's digital transformation can boost cooperation, data collecting, data-driven consumer insights, and revenues in addition to productivity, agility, and profits. It can also help to develop a stronger resource management system and improve customer experience.
As with any change management initiative, there will be difficulties that businesses must overcome during the transformation processes because there is so much at stake. These difficulties can range from people-centric problems to structural issues to technical barriers and everything in between. Organizations will need a change management and digital transformation strategy that will outline the path for promoting adoption of new tools and processes in order to combat these situations in a more structured way. Budgetary restrictions, security worries, a lack of adequate IT skills, employee pushback, and constantly changing customer needs can all be major obstacles to a smooth transition.
Technology-based solutions have catapulted the hybrid working process, how should organizations strategize their business processes to enable a smooth transition?
Enabling a workplace that is innovative, inclusive and insightful demands a strategy to rethink how work gets done. While some businesses have chosen to gradually adopt a hybrid culture, other companies took a risk and began hybrid work as soon as they reopened their doors. Whatever method businesses choose to adopt a hybrid way of working, adopting technological solutions that can coexist with existing ones, like IceWarp, without disrupting workflow will greatly help the transition. Success with hybrid work will require deliberate change management, which is a process. The hybrid future will undoubtedly be promising with deliberate effort.
What, according to you, is the best way forward to further welcome new possibilities in modern workplaces? How should the organizations be prepared?
And as technology continues to advance and our work styles continue to evolve, organizations do need to be adequately prepared for the future of these workspaces. One of the best ways for any business to equip its employees for success and efficiency, both in the office and remotely, is to implement unified communications for consistency and flexibility. However, with new-age opportunities, there are newer threats that exist. Hence, evaluate the solutions installed thoroughly from a security and seamlessness point of view to enable the workforce with a secure high-functioning enterprise solution.
Hybrid is here, next is what? What is the future of workplaces?
The future of work is being shaped by two powerful forces: The growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and the expansion of the workforce to include both on- and off-balance-sheet talent. The changes in the store could range from the ones for the workplace, the workforce, and the nature of the work itself. With the growing importance given to work-life balance, the employer’s focus areas will shift fundamentally and middle management will have different responsibilities. Upskilling and digital dexterity will outweigh tenure and experience to promote a continuous learning environment and the employee management, monitoring, and data collection technology will expand drastically. Remote work-life balance will reveal unique challenges which will propel the C-suite to upgrade to solutions that not only solve these roadblocks but also provide pre-emptive solutions at affordable costs with seamless integration. Businesses would want to have solutions which are not deep on the pocket and still able to give the value of features that are must for keeping them connected and work in a collaborative environment.
