The world of of business is changing. Agile working, digital transformation and the app economy are all driving tectonic shifts within the enterprise at a ferocious pace. The common threads that link these trends? Collaboration and communication.
Right now, the truly successful companies - the ones grabbing headlines and carving up once-stable industries for themselves - are the ones that aren’t afraid to work together, to change up their practises as needed and to adapt to the brave new world. If you want to be one of those companies, instead of one of the broken-down old relics they leave in their wake, you need to start getting on board.
Collaborate and Communicate 2017 is coming up, and it’s an excellent chance to learn the art of effective business co-operation, shape your strategies and spark new ideas for ways to modernise and shake up your workplace.
Here are 10 reasons why you should be reserving your place right now:
1: Hear from experts
Keynote speakers are the meat of any conference, and Collaborate and Communicate 2017 is no exception. We’ve got some of the brightest minds in the industry to tell you about the science, theory and practise of enterprise collaboration, including case studies from companies that have been there and done it.
For instance, Dennis Publishing’s own CTO Paul Lomax and CEO James Tye will be taking the stage to walk attendees through how they went about moving one of the nation’s biggest publishers from a substantial legacy IT estate to an all-new flexible and agile working model in one fell swoop.
2: Learn how to future-proof your workplace
Enterprise IT is currently in the midst of a massive upheaval, as cloud-based services, cheap, powerful mobile devices and near-constant connectivity turn the traditional concept of an office-based workplace on its head.
If you want to stay ahead of the curve, you need to be looking at how to make sure your office stays flexible, agile, and above all, as productive as possible. Collaborate and Communicate 2017 can help you do that, combining sound technical recommendations with advice on managing the cultural change necessary to ensure that you nail your move to ‘the office of the future’.
3: Gain actionable business insights
It’s nice to sit around talking about the ideals and theories behind business collaboration, but as a CIO, chances are you’re more concerned with what you can take back to the board in terms of concrete results.
Thankfully, Collaborate and Communicate 2017 is packed with actionable insights, expert thought leadership and strategy advice that you can put into practise within your own organisation to start getting some concrete returns on investment.
4: Get the jump on your competition
It’s a cut-throat place out there in the business world, and you need to stay one step ahead of your competition. The best way to do that is by soaking up as much insight and expertise as possible. Fore-warned is fore-armed, and ultimately, it’s the best-prepared companies that live to see the next market shift.
For those businesses that don’t want to be remembered as an industry also-ran, this conference will equip you with all the knowledge you need to meet your business rivals head on, delivering bigger returns and better customer value than your competitors.
5: Benefit from industry-leading advice on digital transformation
It’s become something of a cliche in recent years, but that doesn’t stop it being any less true: every business is now a software business. Companies in every vertical are using software to transform the way they do business, and if you’re not one of them already then you should be.
Whether you’re an established, legacy company looking to remain current, or a young, hungry startup that wants to move to the head of the pack, Collaborate and Communicate 2017 can help you ensure that your digital transformation projects are smooth, successful and beneficial for your business.
