May 7, 2021
The pandemic sparked a renewed focus on employee engagement and societal well-being.
This is one of the findings from an in-depth study on how the relationship between technology, business and people evolved during the Covid-19 pandemic by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
The EIU heard from business leaders across eight distinct industries about the challenges and opportunities the disruption created for organisations and how digital initiatives shifted to confront a new reality.
Overwhelmingly, business leaders cited digital preparedness as key to their ability to adapt. The mass move to remote work also led to a heightened focus on employee engagement – so much so that empowerment topics like skill-building, well-being and creating lasting benefits for society at large now lead the transformation agenda for many organisations.