Expert view:
In her TED talk titled: “Imagining Different Futures”, Anab Jain presents an insightful view of the world we live in today and offers a flavour of what this world may look like in the years ahead. Her work highlights just how important it is that we adapt now for that future.
Watch Anab Jain's TED talk: Why we need to imagine different futures
Capita view:
We asked Dr Charles Young, Senior Medical Officer at Capita, to share his views on how technology will revolutionise the healthcare sector, specifically.
According to Dr Young, technology has the potential to drive significant efficiencies when it comes to both maximising the workforce and streamlining administrative processes. But looking further ahead, technology could have an almost limitless impact. Enabling a wider fusion of health and social care, and empowering and equipping people to better manage their own health. Charles believes that for healthcare to be sustainable, it must shift from a model of treating disease to one of maintaining health.
Client view:
The belief in the power of better collaboration across organisations came through strongly, with clients calling to break down silos and enable free dialogues and ways of working throughout their organisation. This was further strengthened by the desire to increase both fluidity and agility in flexible working.
Respondents also highlighted the natural need to move away from short termism and instead focus on long term growth. There was a strong belief that transformation in the form of disruption could only be a good thing, enabling organisations to explore and experiment with new ideas. An organisation that’s fit for the future must continually be looking over the horizon. Continued education and new ways of thinking are critical both to keep employees engaged and ensure business continues to deliver new services and meet new needs of its ever-changing customers.
According to Derek O’Halloran, of the World Economic Forum, despite a widespread acceptance that digital transformation is happening, questions remain around its application, and only 45% of people trust that technology will improve their lives. Therefore, workforces must be built around those who can adapt to change and have a wide variety of skillsets. Individuals who pigeonhole their capabilities will not survive in future.
Source: Our Shared Digital Future
What can you do?
If we are to foster an appetite for change, we need to let in failure. Make failure more acceptable by learning from experiences and using them as opportunities to become better and stronger.