Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 41 | Page 38

TRENDING ///////////////////////// ever, enterprises must leverage technology to deliver great experiences, unlock remote productivity and fuel innovation. Our customers and new prospects are approaching us now more than ever to use a single ‘Platform of Platforms’ to reduce complexity, drive down costs and duplication of expenses and technology and to ensure the workforce is enabled for the new way of work. What will be the long-term impact of this new way of working? “ GREAT EXPERIEN FOR EMPL AND CUST SHOULD B PURPOSE. We will see a massive shift from office bound to work from home which will change every industry, massive office blocks and big sales conferences while regular business class flights will be something of the past. Digital experiences for employees and customers will matter more than ever. The best companies will identify the experiences and related digital workflows that are the most important and improve them to build better customer relationships and attract new customers. Our customers will need an innate understanding in order to make the shift to online marketing, sales and communication channels, not only in the consumer world, but also in sectors such as insurance, banking and telecommunications. Leading companies will make significant improvements to their digital channels, eliminating inefficiencies, and will prioritise important customer ‘moments that matter’, such as late payments, cancellations and moves to online service. How important is it that businesses implement smart workflows to ensure they are future-proof? Organisations that focus on digitisation are 30% more profitable and productive because they maximise the value from their entire workforce, recent studies have shown. Leadership is about learning from adversity and looking ahead. Talented organisational leaders who can see past this pandemic will be quicker to develop agile workflows that address employee and customer requirements while consumerising the experience. Mark Ackerman, Senior East and Africa, Service They’ll be faster to adjus to respond to changing They will be able to harn of their employees and t What are the implica organisations which and adapt their work Organisations who hang are not able to adopt an workplace will most likel very long. What best practice a offer CIOs looking to smarter workflow? Firstly, get executive sup there. Amazing plans wi leadership often die on t the C-suite is critical. Per allows for the right mixtu stick to prioritise work ac 20 INTELLIGENTCIO