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Hi there,
The enthusiastic pronouncements of big productivity benefits from work from home may, it turns out, have been premature. At the very least, they may need to be couched in a few caveats, with a new report, based on data from more than 60,000 work from homers, suggesting that remote work has the potential to put a serious damper on collaboration and, in the long term, innovation.
That short term productivity may be up – there is, after all, nothing like a bit of peace and quiet (assuming no children or noisy partners, that is) to crack through the day-to-day minutiae – but longer-term creativity takes a hit.
For most of us, I suspect that’s not going to come as a shock. Even the most ardent WFH advocate will likely have discovered how much more difficult it is to brainstorm ideas, or even just bounce ideas off colleagues, when working remotely.
There are of course solutions in hybrid work but that’s another story.
Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz
In this issue
> Microsoft: Remote work is bad for innovation
> Digital laggard concerns rise
> Growing IT project backlogs, data and an IT makeover
> From manual to modern planning processes
> Accenture launches NZ Microsoft practice
> A/NZ failing to rise to digital challenge
> AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Microsoft: Remote work is bad for innovation
Back to the office you go…
“We expect the effects… will impact productivity and, in the long-term, innovation.”
Digital laggard concerns rise
New analysis builds call for action, while data innovation gets a tick...
“If we are to remain a nation of producers and not simply consumers, now is the time to act.”
Growing IT project backlogs, data and an IT makeover
Who owns IT now?…
Sixty-one percent of business decision-makers have cancelled a digital project because it couldn’t access the right data.
From manual to modern planning processes
Making the business case…
It all starts with making the business case to business leadership.
Accenture launches NZ Microsoft practice
Nick Mulcahy outlines big plans for the new business…
"It’s never been about flogging ERP implementations.”
A/NZ failing to rise to digital challenge
Global competitiveness rankings in decline…
“Change can happen quickly with the right measures.”
AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
AWS has announced a $7.5 billion investment to build a cluster of at least three data centres in Auckland.
Auckland medtech company Heartlab has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and supported by Icehouse Ventures.
Kiwi food traceability SaaS provider Rfider is set for US growth as one of 12 winners of the US FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Low- or No-cost Tech-enabled Traceability Challenge.
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