iOCO
Innovation
through digital enablement
Culture at work At iOCO , the emphasis is on fostering this culture of innovation , allowing for the motivation , impetus , space and , yes , enablement that will encourage a spirit of openness – ideas from the bottom , listening from the top . And the momentum for innovation should not , in Pryor ’ s view , stop at the idea . That idea needs to be honed and put into action , incentivising others to bring their ideas forward and rewarding the employee whose idea is taken forward in a virtuous circle . “ You have to accept that there ’ s a certain amount of investment that ’ s needed , in money or time ,” concedes Pryor , “ and you have to willing to wait for the benefits because while some innovations might cause an immediate benefit – such as those in costor time-saving areas – your profit-generating innovations tend to take longer .”
Work culture , says Pryor , “ is something that I ’ ve thought about quite a lot .” One of iOCO ’ s products , GetSpace ( www . get-space . org ), is a solution to help with managing hybrid workforces . “ I think very much that going forward , in white collar industries , we ' re not going to be heading back to full time in the office . No one wants to go back to the nine-to-five grind . They don ’ t want to sit in traffic or on public transport . They want the freedom to be able to take their kids to the soccer game or go and have lunch with their partner because they have had that for the past 18 months .” iOCO itself is an IT company that prides itself on its ability to solve . It has over 20 years ’ experience in software , OEMs and enterprise applications such as SAP and Oracle . It modernises applications , automates solutions , it ’ s an advisory , a consultant . It provides managed services . “ We don ’ t want to be the corner shop that has everything but no one can find it ,” explains Pryor , “ We offer a really wide range of services but they ’ re very well defined and we do each of them really , really well .”
312 September 2021