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| Source |  NoticeBored |
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| Identifiant | 3712965 |
| Date de publication | 2021-11-27 09:26:57 (vue: 2021-11-26 21:05:27) |
| Titre | Weaving strategies with policies |
| Texte | I mentioned recently here on the blog that there can be strategic elements to policies, just as there are operational aspects to the supporting procedures and guidelines. With the new year fast approaching, I'd like to explore that further today.Warning: your blinkers are coming off. Prepare for the glare.Take for instance the corporate responses to COVID-19. Out of necessity, organisations in lockdown shifted rapidly from on-site office work and in-person meetings to home-working, using video conferencing, email and collaborative approaches. Although that may have been a purely reactive, un-pre-planned response to the global crisis that erupted (despite prior pandemics and warnings arising from increasing international travel), it was facilitated by longer-term planned, strategic changes and investments in a resilient workforce with flexible working practices and positive attitudes, strong relationships within and without the organisation, plus appropriate tools and technologies - in particular the cloud (since about 2000) and, of course, IT (since about 1970). Thinking about it, the very concept of 'office work', or indeed 'work', stretches back still further, along with 'business', 'commerce', 'profit' and 'money'. Gradual shifts in human society on an almost evolutionary scale have led to where we are right now ... and will continue going forward, presenting strategic challenges and opportunities to those who are awake to the possibilities ahead (both positive and negative), sufficiently resilient to cope with adversity yet resourceful, strong enough and well-positioned to surge forward when it makes sense. In some organisations, policies and practices for home/virtual working were hastily developed and adopted during and in response to the COVID outbreak. In others, either the policies and practices were already in place, or there was no specific need for them since flexible, tech-enabled working was very much the norm already. A few laggards are still struggling to catch up even today, and failing to thrive in adversity may mean failing to survive in perpetuity. [Aside: how on Earth can today's politicians justify holding a climate change conference as a physical, in-person event, during COVID no less, rather than virtually, on-line? Are we even on the same planet? Shakes head in disbelief.]The relation goes both ways: policies can prompt strategic changes, and vice versa. Thinking forward, virtual working presents opportunities for global collaboration on an unprecedented scale, with reduced costs, increased efficiencies, access to a global talent pool and of course global markets. 'Globalization' is not just about establishing a widespread physical presence and brands: it's also about harnessing a widely distributed and culturally diverse workforce, harnessing technology to link, leverage and exploit the very best of the best. |
| Envoyé | Oui |
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