The employees of the future: Collaborating with technology to transform

There are two clear reasons why businesses are digitizing. The first is to service buyers whose expectations from consumer-facing industries are driving demand in the business space. The second is to support employees with new technologies to provide best-in-class products and services. It can be easy to forget these two groups are often the same people; remembering your employees are also consumers of technology is vital for the success of any digital transformation programme.

That was the outlook, at least, from a panel discussion on The Employee of the Future. Mark Chillingworth is a prominent information and technology Journalist and Editor who moderated a panel of three senior technology leaders to understand the relationship between technology and people, and how technology adoption is surprisingly the last challenge for IT change programmes.