The rapid adoption of technology is driving a rate of change that is disrupting business models, cultures and economies across the world at a level never seen before. This is a time of unprecedented innovation and staying with the status quo is not an option and strategy to execution is based on data and not informal sentimental experience. This digital transformation is providing a platform for organizations to expand their market opportunity and disrupt traditional business models like never before redefining customer engagement.

Industries across the world are undergoing digitally disruption and are struggling to move from a traditional to a digital. Business requires a digital business strategy and not everyone will make the transition, to exploit the new market opportunities. There are 3 challenges business must face in order to succeed in the new modern world.

In order to activate your digital business strategy, you need to solve for these three challenges now and you need to do this all within a shrinking technology budget. Therefore, the modern workplace is an operational setup which has been professionally designed to meet both the physical and technological needs of both your business and your employees. Let’s take a closer look at these challenges in order to set up your modern workplace.

Businesses need a highly capable, motivated and integrated workforce with the tools and environment to liberate not restrict them. Scouting for capable employees are no longer limited to South Africa, the world is our talent pool.

One size no longer fits all, generational working preferences are diverse, the informed user has an abundance and availability of applications which are transforming team dynamics and cultures, as a result it is essential the workplace is flexible mobile, and that work is a thing to do and not a place to go.

A recent study on the workplace and collaboration found that on average 60% of desk of vacant within an office. Employees working outside of the office has increased 4 times compared to five years ago and employees are working on 2 time the number of teams and five years ago. These teams are also disparate and not always in a central office.

Covid has also influenced employee work preferences. Businesses survived for over two years with teams not physically meeting. Remote work has been proven to work.

Now more than ever intelligence is key. To move accurately and rapidly we must make data centric decisions however today’s business owners are overwhelmed by data, with information overload wasting 25% of precious time, costing billions of Rand each year. In short information is abundant but insight is scarce.

Customer trust is synonymous with business profitability however today is a time of unprecedented external threats and internally your unknowing employees are adopting more diverse application with every mobile device in your organization connected are all a potential security breach.

60% of employers are adopting non sanctioned consumer grade applications for business purposes. So, it comes as no surprise that millions customer records are stolen through holes an organization’s security processes.