The return to some sense of normality is coming. After months working from home or socially distanced in frontline roles, there will be an element of employee angst about being back to normal. In the long term, designing your work policies and governance will be critical to keeping your staff motivated and productive. Technology underpins all of this. This year alone we have seen the critical importance of having strong foundations in the cloud, UC&C systems and your networks to keep people working. Alongside this, designing the right work and culture policies in conjunction with other teams, is vital to turning your company into the organisation of the future, while protecting employee health and wellbeing. People and how they interact with technology has never been more vital to success. But how can tech teams manage this as employees go back to the office? What should your future of work policies be for the multi-modal worker? The return is the time for CTOs, IT Directors, Architects, and Heads of Collaboration to shine and to lead the business into the future of work.

In the past year, adaptability has been the aim of the game. The rules have been bent, stop-gaps brought in, product landscapes shifted, and employees given a crash course in tech adoption. For the next level, it’s time to take stock. As companies decide what’s next for the workforce, IT leaders need to understand how to navigate the return as smoothly as possible and build on the good work so far. Companies now have the opportunity to create ongoing efficiency and productivity, while also enabling teams to do business in new and innovative ways. At DTX: NOW, we want to cover some of the biggest challenges still facing IT leaders!