The future of work is once again a business-critical question. COVID-19 has been a pivotal event in reshaping not just where we work, how we work or who we work with, but what works. No team has had a larger hand in this rapid shift than the technology team. Technology leaders therefore now have the responsibility of protecting their businesses and nurturing a different company altogether through the crisis. Their priorities pre-COVID19 were to maintain a productive workforce, a secure system and an agile culture. Have those changed in the weeks since? To understand how these technology leaders are leading in a time of crisis we committed to asking them.
In the next episode of The Future of Work Series, in partnership with Okta, HotTopics.ht’s Editor interviewed Joanna Drake, THG’s CIO. She discusses how the success her organization is experiencing, despite lockdown and industry contractions, is down to savvy technology investments and prescient planning.