However, despite increasing efforts less than a third describe change as part of the company culture
London on January 26, 2022: CIOs spend more time on innovation, with three quarters stating they have increased innovation efforts, according to the 2021 Global CIO Survey from Logicalis, a global provider of IT solutions. The study, which asked 1,000 CIOs from around the world, found that despite a strong focus on change, only 27% of CIOs describe change as part of their company’s culture.
The research also revealed that 21% of respondents admitted that change was confined to specific areas and departments. An additional thirty -four percent of CIO respondents also say innovation consists of large projects driven by dedicated teams. The results suggest the lack of innovation embedded in the company culture and the organization’s willingness to evolve and adopt modern technologies.
The reluctance to extend innovation throughout the business and encourage new ideas affects the ability of businesses to keep up with the broader market and competitors. Businesses must emphasize a culture of change or risk that does not support changing customer demands and loss of key employees as the XYZ generation workforce demands digitally focused working practices that match their expectations for experience. of the user.
Nearly 80% of survey respondents believe that their organization is already falling behind competitors due to the speed of changing processes. In particular, CIOs say they find it difficult to keep up with increasing efficiency (38%), streamlining workflows (37%) and improving services (36%).
Expanding an innovative culture to a sprawling workforce is more difficult than scaling up employees working under one roof. Robust, digital communication solutions enable a hybrid workforce to connect remotely to build an innovative culture. An updated approach to innovation and company-wide collaboration will allow businesses to improve productivity and gain a good competition.
Toby Alcock, CTO of Logicalis: “Businesses don’t have to approach innovation with an‘ all-in ’approach. It can start with optimizing operational processes such as empowering employees to build their own workflows or automating a process previously manually. The key to success is building an innovative culture where employees can come out and try new ideas quickly and provide the time, tools and process for them to do so.
“In doing so, employees will come up with innovative ideas and solutions and in turn, will feel satisfaction within their roles and employee turnover will decrease. If these steps are not taken, businesses risk losing top talent to more advanced competitors. “
For more information, and to explore additional key findings from the Logicalis Global CIO Survey, visit here: https://resources.logicalis.com/culture-of-innovation-the-digital-workplace
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About Logicalis
Logicalis is an international provider of digital service solutions currently accelerating the digital transformation of its 10,000 clients worldwide. Through a globally connected network of specialty centers, industry -leading experts (in education, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, professional services, retail, and telecommunications), and strategic partnerships (including Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, HPE, Dell / EMC, VMware, NetApp, Oracle, ServiceNow, Palo Alto, F5, among others), its 6,500 employees in more than 27 countries are trained to modernize key digital pillars of data center and cloud services, network security and infrastructure, communication and collaboration in the workspace, and data and information strategies.
As Architects of Change ™, Logicalis ’focus is to design, support and execute clients’ digital transformation by combining their perspective with their technology expertise and industry insights. The company, through a deep understanding of key IT industry drivers such as security, cloud, data management and IoT, can meet customer priorities such as revenue and business growth, operational efficiency , innovation, risk and compliance, data management and maintenance.
Logicalis Group, with annual revenue of $ 1.5 billion annually, maintains operations in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa and is part of the Datatec Group, which is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: DTC) , with revenues of more than $ 4.1 billion.
For more information, visit: https://www.logicalis.com