New report “Time’s up for IT and Property Directors”

The report headlines include;

• Business has lost patience with their support functions and is seizing control of over 75% of IT and Property budgets,
• Workforces are distracted by a torrent of; workplace changes; irrelevant technologies; and unstructured HR programmes, each delivered in splendid isolation,
• Staff are interrupted and switch tasks every 3 minutes – once distracted it takes half an hour to resume the original task.These interruptions sap 42% of the working day,
• 75% of the brightest talent are leaving their organisations inside 2 years, sighting being disillusioned with the calibre of management and frustrated with their unproductive, poorly optimised workplace design,

Amongst the recommendations are;

• Slim down, shape up, and merge IT and Property support functions into the business,
• Business leaders must balance longer-term workplace investment with short-term strategies,
• Support functions must reinforce common goals, build relationships, and connect to a deep understanding of the desired business outcomes,
• We can’t train our way out of this – there’s going to be huge turmoil for those who hang onto deep-rooted traditional property/technology skills,

It’s essential to plan and execute an analytic-led program, not a project – people and their jobs are involved.  This report’s compelling findings will help everyone address rapidly evolving workplaces.