Our Digital Workplace Directors Forum will examine in detail how the needs of our people are changing and how and where we can equip them to cater for this workplace revolution. Failure to do this is not an option.
Delegates at the Forum will witness case study content from organisations who are already implementing Digital Workplace strategies to improve employee and customer engagement.
The key topics to be discussed at the Digital Workplace Directors Forum include:
• The impact on employee and customer engagement
• The evolution of new technologies including robotics and artificial intelligence
• Employee communication, collaboration and value creation
• Designing employee experiences in the Digital Workplace
• Digital Workplace applications, solutions and innovations
by Dr Zain Sikafi, CEO and co-founder, Mynurva General awareness of mental health issues is growing, fuelled most recently by the rise of high-profile figures speaking out about their own mental health problems. While this is positive news, the fact remains that mental health in the workplace remains an important issue in need of attention. […]
Christmas party has been a time-served tradition for companies all over the UK for many years now, but new research has revealed this annual occasion is falling out of favour with employees. Perkbox, the UK’s fastest growing employee benefits platform, polled 1,000 UK workers in The Most Generous Time of the Year study and found […]
Job satisfaction in the UK is highest for workers aged 25 to 34 years old, while the UK’s youngest workers cite the highest levels of dissatisfaction and stress in their jobs, according to the latest workforce study released by experience management company Qualtrics. The research, carried out with more than 1,000 workers in the UK, […]
Over a third (38%) of UK field sales reps believe technology is “more of a hinderance than a help”, according to new research from cloud-based mobile sales software provider Skynamo. This hindrance is creating technophobia in the sales environment, fuelled by the bad experiences reps have had using the tools deployed by their organisation. 18% state […]
Some Virgin Atlantic pilots will strike from 22 December to Christmas Day in a dispute over union recognition, the Professional Pilots Union has said. The union, which represents about a third of pilots at the airline, said it was excluded from talks over proposed changes to pilot benefits. It said this was the first of […]
Fashion chain Ted Baker’s chief executive Ray Kelvin is to take a voluntary leave of absence amid allegations of harassment. Last week, an online petition launched by employees accused 62-year-old Mr Kelvin of inappropriate comments and behaviour, including “forced hugging”. Ted Baker said its committee and board had been made aware of “further serious allegations” against […]
Mike Ashley has called for a new tax on online retailers to help revive ailing town centres. The Sports Direct owner told MPs that the “internet is killing the High Street”. His answer is taxing all retailers that make more than 20% of their turnover online – and not just online-only operators. Mr Ashley said […]
Half of the UK’s workforce feels misunderstood by their bosses according to research from ADP (Automatic Data Processing). The study, which surveyed over 2,000 workers across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, found that 50% of UK employees feel their employers don’t understand them or their potential – higher than the European average […]
The records of 500 million customers of the hotel group Marriott International have been involved in a data breach. The hotel chain said the guest reservation database of its Starwood division had been compromised by an unauthorised party. It said an internal investigation found an attacker had been able to access the Starwood network since […]
Connor McCann works in a BT call centre in Canterbury but despite doing the same role as his colleagues was paid thousands less a year. That’s because the 24-year-old was employed by agency Manpower and not BT. “It didn’t matter how good you are at your job, you’re still being paid less than your colleagues,” […]
