Businesses worldwide overestimate their agility. While a majority of businesses believe they are agile, new research highlights that many cannot flexibly manage workloads or rapidly develop, test, and launch new applications, leaving them poorly prepared to deal with competitive threats.
This week saw the launch of a new multi-channel publishing venture as IT-Online’s sister publication Futurewave BusinessIT embraces a variety of media.
South Africa’s lack of engineering skills is once again under the spotlight, with the ongoing “brain drain” a challenge for the country.
Top companies build and sustain a culture of engagement and are often led by CEOs who understand that employee engagement is not just a nice-to-have but critical to achieving business results. This is confirmed by Aon Hewitt’s 2015 Trends in Global Employee Engagement report, which points out that Leaders in these elite organisations also understand that employee engagement is primarily their responsibility
Just as companies have adjusted to the now well-established wave of digital intermediaries – think Netflix, Expedia, Amazon – they must prepare for what comes next.