2 | How have workplace strategies evolved since the outbreak of COVID-19 and how have their core focuses shifted ? The uncertainty of the past year has awakened executives to the importance of ensuring predominantly geographically dispersed teams can still do their work effectively . As employees picked up their laptops and headed home to work for the foreseeable future , think tanks were set up to reimagine the workforce planning , performance management and experience – all while acting swiftly to protect workers ’ safety and emotional wellbeing . Pre-existing workplace trends accelerated by years , as organisations underwent digital transformation in the space of months – if not days – starting with Cloud technology .
Providing businesses with a lifeline , cloud platforms are effectively supporting remote working and have diminished the collaboration challenges of remote work – enabling employees to operate with the same flexibility , productivity , and quality . Whilst the cloud lays the foundation for effective operations , the focus is now on people , with an empha-
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