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IT departments that used to be driven by
top-down organisational change. Instead,
there is a new bottom-up architecture and
infrastructure evolution with a focus on pace,
agility and people.
Digital business also allows us to welcome
the ‘no-collar’ workforce. The rise of smart
machines means that many traditional roles
can be automated. On the road to Digital Transformation, a
new foundation starts to develop around
which the business carries out its core
functions. Specifically, we’re talking about
supply chain and finance – these functions
are fundamentally being transformed by
the convergence of various technologies.
In this regard, a cross-functional approach
to transformation can drive the most
ambitious results.
This means that the organisation of
the future may need to rewire talent
management for the new workforce and
build a culture for increasingly unbounded
and virtual teams. The next part of the road ahead
will feature increasing amounts of
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual
Reality (VR). Blockchain will proliferate and
organisations will start to use exponential
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technologies such as Artificial General
Intelligence and Quantum Encryption
to create even newer commercial
systems, many of which will
champion connectivity via Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs).
Going digital and bringing the new
world of work online is a challenge worth
embracing. To be sure, navigating the
forces of digital disruption positively is not
always straightforward. Ultimately though,
graduating with a qualification from the
school of digital is always worthwhile, so
make that your new years’ resolution and
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