How are organisations shaping the future of work?
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Welcome to Ringside. This is where we talk leadership, technology, organisation and communication with the people who are shaping the future of work. Ringside is expanding beyond the telecommunications industry to uncover the challenges and solutions of other sectors such as financial services, retail, health & safety, and of course the public sector. Today we hear from Joe Brackenborough, Digital Transformation Manager at Thanet Council.<\/p>\n
Joe previously occupied roles as lead technical architect in ICT and as a network and security engineer. While his background is very technical, Joe’s current priority is on Thanet Council’s business and on using technology to drive efficiency, security and usability.<\/p>\n
As the digital transformation manager, I lead the digital strategy for the council moving to cloud and adopting web-based technology. I can apply my technical knowledge and experience to the task, but it’s also really important for me to consider digital strategy holistically, including details such as business process and user experience.<\/p>\n
I love my team and my colleagues, as most people who work in the council stay because there is a sense of family and all getting stuck in to get the job done. This is even more so in our council as we don’t have much money and due to COVID-19 and other things we have little reserves. This brings us closer together as a council as we all know we want to save money and make things better for our district and the people who live here. We all think outside the box on things and as a council really have some amazing people working here.<\/p>\n
My personal opinion is like Google has had their offices for years (hopefully with the slide). People work anywhere they can and they are measured on their output and not just being in the office 9-5. I think with modern technology we can work anywhere at home, on trains, busses, at coffee shops, in the office etc. We shouldn’t be tied to a location. I think the social side of the workplace will change and only seeing people over video might become the new norm. As the government decided it needed to go back to the Houses of Parliament we are in jeopardy of local and county councils having to work in traditional old fashioned ways because central governments haven’t kept up with the times. In terms of the private sector I think they have been living with agile working for a long time and really the future is just more of it.<\/p>\n\t\t