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In Data-Driven Organisations, IT should be the Driver for Innovation
The world is changing faster than ever before, which was already the case before this terrible COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus is a typical Black Swan that is changing the game forever. Although several people and organisation saw this pandemic coming and warned us extensively, we did not do enough to prevent it from happening. As a result, for the majority of the people and organisation, it is an unexpected event that has a tremendous impact, and in hindsight, we could have seen it coming.
Nevertheless, the Coronavirus pandemic is a catalyst for change. We can see that digital is becoming more critical than ever and organisations should welcome the digital employee. The digital employee is someone who works remotely — currently from home, but after the pandemic, this can be anywhere in the world — and uses various tools to do their work and be productive. The digital employee will offer a lot of benefits for the employer as well as for the employee, and it changes how organisations run their business.
Apart from the digital employee, the rise of emerging information technologies also changes how we organise activities. The combination of the pandemic and the continuous development of new, ever more advanced, technologies create a perfect storm for organisations. Those companies ignoring this will…
