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“ WE HELP BUSINESSES DEFINE , DESIGN , DEVELOP , RUN , AND EVOLVE THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR PRODUCTS ”
— Helena Nimmo , CIO , Endava
While she sees benefits stemming from the pandemic in terms of drawing people away from cities and leaving space for local innovation and startups , Nimmo emphasises that the downsides must also be recognised . “ If I was just starting in my career , I would struggle to only work from home . You learn so much by observing others , collaborating and even stopping to have a drink after work . Those are really key paths to becoming a corporate citizen .”
Nevertheless , she reports that the organisation recorded an improvement in productivity since the transition to fully working from home . “ I think the key thing that we ’ re seeing right now is that home working is clearly possible at a scale that nobody believed it would be . More and more organisations are coming out and saying that . We ’ ve already seen that our productivity has not only stayed stable , but actually improved , which is fantastic . That ’ s where we ’ re really reaping the rewards of remote working , by providing the flexibility to blend work and personal lives .”
While the pandemic has certainly had an upending effect , Nimmo believes that the traditional stresses on CIOs
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