FEATURE : 2020 CIO ’ S PRIORITY
Where do we go from here ?
To successfully adapt strategies for the ‘ future normal ’ requires flexibility and open mindedness from leadership as well as from employees .
Now is definitely time to progress your shallow IT strategy – the antidote to threatposing shadow solutions .
This means thinking outside the box , trialling a variety of different solutions and finding those that can best streamline collaboration and deliver the most value for your business . and an architecture that allows for speed , agility and constant innovation is key .
On top of this , it ’ s essential that we seek to lead with empathy .
The only way to build trust is to listen and learn from your employees about what ’ s working and what isn ’ t . This is much harder without those high fidelity in person interactions that we previously had .
While physically distant from each other , we need to make sure employees remain socially connected and that we can facilitate open and intentional communication with our teams . At Box we ’ ve also made an effort to invest more in services like Kudoboard , for posting praise and shout-outs to our colleagues , and Headspace to help employees with meditation and mental health .
Aside from the much-needed flexibility remote working brings for employees , we can hope to see businesses themselves emerge from the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic with more resilient , productive teams and more robust security strategies .
The future is a blended working model that allows for in-person high fidelity interactions as well as remote work flexibility . •
Today , we have access to lots of best of breed services that maniacally focus on areas of specialty , allowing us as CIOs to bring innovation into our organisations at a faster pace than ever .
Making sure we have an interoperable best of breed reference architecture is critical for success here .
It is not just about where we are today but where we are going , and with the future being so uncertain , having a set of services
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