Over 70% of firms say that new technologies have improved business resilience, so can you use technology to optimise your people power and productivity?
Business innovation has always been central to firms’ ability to overcome disruption, driving up productivity and saving costs in the long term.
Labour shortages are a catalyst to invest in innovation – yet a recent survey by CIPD found that just 9% of firms plan to invest in technology as a way of addressing skill or labour shortages.
Change is never easy if you’re looking to deploy new technology but also maximise your people power – read our expert advice and resources to support your digital journey.
1 – What can technology deliver?
Start by diagnosing challenges and opportunities within your business – whether that’s adopting hardware or software – begin with the problem at hand, rather than tech. Identify manual or high labour-intensity processes which are lowering productivity or particularly at risk due to labour shortages.
Be aware that a single technology may not deliver everything in exactly the way you want it. But by deploying the 80:20 rule,