196. Optimizing Workplace Collaboration in the Digital Age

On this podcast, Brad Hairston talks with Mark Settle, 7-time CIO and author, who explains how next generation collaboration tools can give employees the capabilities they need to thrive. . Here’s what we talked with Mark about: * The purpose of workplace collaboration * Notable changes to the workplace besides the shift to work-from-home * Interesting findings from the future of work surveys * How IT has responded to the collaboration needs of the COVID-altered workplace * How the current era of collaboration tools address the way the workplace has evolved * Three key areas that the next generation of tools will address * Technologies fundamental to the construction of next-gen collaboration tools * How desktop automation fits into workplace collaboration . Link to the white paper mentioned in this podcast: https://medium.com/work-bench/re-imagining-the-next-generation-of-workplace-collaboration-tools-8ac1755bc4ff . To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!