Are UAE-based organisations geared for a change in the future of the workplace?

  • Date: 08-Jul-2020
  • Source: Gulf Business
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:UAE
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Are UAE-based organisations geared for a change in the future of the workplace?

Fady Richmany

Wednesday 08 July 2020

Fady Richmany is the senior director and general manager - UAE, Dell Technologies

2020 has seen tremendous shifts and changes in the way we work.

Technology and innovation are creating new opportunities as well as challenges. For more than a decade, we've built a culture around the idea that work is outcomes based, not anchored to a specific place or time. While every industry and business is different, a segment of employees have shifted to remote work and businesses have had to rethink their operating models and organisational structures.

Concurrently, organisations have been increasingly recognising that workforce transformation could be key to long-term business success, and many have taken measures to consolidate platforms and processes in the workplace. Others have taken short term measures to accommodate this, while at the core still remaining inflexible, often not delivering the experience or value that a modernised workforce needs. While slowly approaching a return to the workplace, organisations have to be ready to cater to a modern workforce, as the world in which we work in has drastically changed.

The modern workforce demands technologies that enhance productivity anytime, from anywhere

In order to thrive, organisations need to be ready to make long-lasting changes, as