Accenture and Workday, Inc. announced an expanded collaboration to help companies accelerate their adoption of skills-based talent strategies and help unlock greater agility and potential. As organizations across the globe adapt to changing business and workforce demands, there is a massive shift in how organizations approach talent with a growing focus on skills to enable greater business…
Wipro Limited, a technology services and consulting company, has announced that it has been named a ‘Leader’ in ISG Provider Lens 2022 for the Future of Work – Services and Solutions in the United States and Switzerland. The report evaluated the Future of Work capabilities of 37 service providers in the U.S. market and 27…
LinkedIn, the online professional network, has launched the ‘Future of Work’ B2B perception study by research firm GFK that focuses on the insights of 736 business leaders in India and what they think about the future of work, their flexibility offerings, the challenges they foresee, and their plans to solve them. Topline findings show that,…
TalentSprint, an EdTech platform for DeepTech education and part of the NSE group, has announced a collaboration with Salesforce, focused on skilling college graduates with Salesforce skills for the jobs of the future. The collaboration will focus on training aspiring college graduates (Engineers with a Computer Science / Information Science background, BTech, MCA, BCA) to…
2020 has made irreversible changes in our lives and businesses. No one could have predicted the disruption that the pandemic has caused. COVID-19 has propelled the field of HR forward reversing some trends, making big shifts, and most significantly creating an opportunity for rethinking and resetting how we design work practices that best serve all…
Soft skills, also known as interpersonal or people skills, have become extremely valuable in the workplace in the 21st century. A World Economic Forum report states that “The top skills and skill groups which employers see as rising in prominence in the lead up to 2025 include groups such as critical thinking and analysis as…
With a large team distributed across the globe, Karen Hassman, VP of Global Tax Content at Avalara, saw a great opportunity during the coronavirus pandemic to go on a 6-week virtual tour and connect with her global teams. Here are her thoughts on leadership lessons and key takeaways from her virtual tour experience . When…
Around half of the world’s 3.3 billion global workforce is at risk of losing their livelihoods due to Covid-19…Frost and Sullivan has released a report Top 5 Growth Opportunities in the Connected Work Industry for 2021
Organizations need to create practical use cases for digital tools that improve daily work activities, not add more complexity or stress to a workday. This requires a focus on not just the capabilities, but also on employee-mindset and alignment across the organization. Automation and Technology adoption, especially of those like workplace automation has seen a marked increase since the shift to WFH. This can be attributed to the need for organizations to have their workforce function remotely without deterring productivity.
Traditional jobs have all been under the fear of getting replaced by the new-age technologies. Automation at manufacturing has already cut several jobs and employee unions worldwide have been vocal about the impact of automation on livelihoods. But organizations have always backed such technologies to reduce manpower cost, increase efficiency and cash on profits. In…
Just days after Jack Dorsey announced permanent remote working for Twitter and Square employees, his counterpart Mark Zuckerberg announced a similar move for Facebook employees globally. In a publicly broadcasted live stream, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook Inc will shift toward more permanently embracing remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease.…
Jack Dorsey-founded mobile payments company, Square Inc. has recently announced its permanent work-from-home policy for most of the employees. The recent announcement comes just a week after Twitter CEO and Co-founder Jack Dorsey did the same for Twitter employees. According to a Verge report, Square employees will now be able to work from home even…
Social media major Twitter recently announced its plans to allow many of its employees to work-from-home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic passes. According to an internal email sent by CEO Jack Dorsey to employees, the company is unlikely to open its offices before September. It also said that some jobs that require physical presence,…
Some priorities that businesses may need to look at while moving ahead – 1. Communication 2. Organisation Design 3. Cost structure – manpower costs 4. Talent strategy and talent mix 5. Efficient processes 6. Concept of work & workplace
The 28th edition of NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) 2020 successfully concluded on 14th February, 2020. A global real estate company Brookfield Properties that partnered with NASSCOM for the event hosted an exclusive huddle with 20 CXOs on ‘Future of Workplace & Technology’ and a Placemaking Gala evening themed at Da Vinci Code on…