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Phillips Consulting provides insight into future at AfricaNXT2022

By Guardian Nigeria
05 March 2022   |   3:38 am
A leading business and management consulting firm, Phillips Consulting (pcl.), has provided deep insight into the ‘Future of Work’ paradigm by exploring emerging trends and divers of the future...

A leading business and management consulting firm, Phillips Consulting (pcl.), has provided deep insight into the ‘Future of Work’ paradigm by exploring emerging trends and divers of the future of work and distilling potential impacts on critical industries across Africa at AfricaNXT2022.

The company has, in the past two years, re-imagined the future of work as the world comes to grips with the next normal businesses and teams to continue to adjust and react quickly to remain competitive.

African businesses and industry leaders are facing daunting tasks to navigate a post-COVID economic environment continuously shaped by accelerating digitisation, rising hybrid workplace, diversity, globalisation, and Artificial intelligence.

“To do nothing is dangerous to businesses and the prosperity of the African continent,” said Mr. Rob Taiwo, Managing Director Phillips Consulting.

The panelists at the event contextualised and mapped how critical enablers of the fourth and fifth industrial revolution will profoundly drive transformation across industries and redefine the Future of Work.

They said the African economy could forge a different pathway from the rest of the world, if businesses and industry leaders harness opportunities in the emerging ‘Future of Work’ correctly.

According to Taiwo, a recent study has shown that 97% of employees said they had some kind of work related stress, saying that it is the best time for a reset, especially after COVID.

He said: “Employees are looking for a different type of leadership. Old school methods of command and control are collapsing. It is a new day and a new time. Companies that are going to win are embracing a new way. People are looking for more than money. Increasingly, people are working for purpose. Work-place culture is also taking the forefront in the way people seek employment.”

Senior Managing Consultant & Head of Advisory, pcl, Mr. Joshua Ademuwagun, said, “We shared best practices and offered industry-focused considerations on how business leaders need to rethink their business models and strategies to best position themselves to leverage emerging opportunities.”

Meanwhile, Remi Dada, Founder & CEO Spacefinish & Design Match Up stated that the future of work is about being empowered to work how you want, when you want, saying that when employees are empowered, performance becomes the goal.
 


“Tech is in more demand than before. Work space are more relevant than pre- COVID-19, which is why creating spaces that are meant for collaboration, making your office space feel as relaxed as your home is the future. Spacefinish Designs is working to blur the lines between the work space and living spaces for the Future of work,” Remi Dada said.

Corroborating earlier speakers, the Head, HR & Admin, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, Arinola Fetuga, said, “How do we transfer knowledge and build strong relationships between employees and employers, when everyone is working in a different environment? That is where Technology comes into play when building the future of work. But company policies, feedback, structure, and processes have to be adaptable to fit the evolving future.”

“Innovation is building employee and employer management for the future of work, Tech creates solutions for people that are different from you, but we have to be dynamic in the way we communicate with people individually,” said Enimien Inegbedion, Strategy and Transformation Project Manager, Hugo Technologies.

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