DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT AS HYBRID WORKING EXPANDS
One of the pandemic ’ s most lasting after effects may be the proliferation of remote working . Adapting to the seismic change requires clear strategy
WRITTEN BY : WILLIAM SMITH
86.4 % of UK and Ireland organisations anticipate a hybrid working approach
90 % of employees say they want to continue to have the option of working from home
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One third of employers believe that it has boosted productivity
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes , some of the changes it has wrought in our society are here to stay . One of the most visible evolutions has been the move to remote working , a practice which was hitherto thought unthinkable . Now , it is returning to old practices that seems impossible . Research from NTT , for instance , found that 86.4 % of UK and Ireland organisations “ say that the future workplace will be designed around employee enablement that empowers workers with choice and flexibility ” in a hybrid working approach . With such change afoot , the question organisations must ask is how they can best manage the change .
According to Mike Hallam , MD , Virgin Media Business Wholesale , " It ’ s clear remote working will persist beyond the end of the pandemic . 90 % of employees say they want to continue to have the option of working from home after Covid-19 , while a third of employers believe that it has boosted productivity , according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development . I think we ’ ll see a shift towards a hybrid working model , where employees move between different locations , whether that ’ s the home , the office or a café . Of course , this isn ’ t an entirely new phenomenon , [...] but the pandemic has meant that we ’ ve
60 June 2021