The post-pandemic workspace is creating a phygital office

Dipesh Kaura
GM of Kaspersky South Asia, Kaspersky

Remote work - Key trends & challenges

Working from home which was in the past considered to be a perk offered by organizations, today seems to have become a norm for most business. Some of the trends, growth drivers and challenges that have evolved around the remote work culture that have been adopted by organizations include -

•    Hybrid Models Taking Center Stage
•    Greater adoption Of Cloud-Based HR Technology
•    Improved Cybersecurity
•    Remote functioning will affect performance management

Delivering paperless systems
Presently many organizations and employees worldwide are transitioning from physical documents to electronic document management systems with the hopes of constructing a paperless office. With the advanced tech readily obtainable many organizations are breaking free from their paper dependency.

With easy access to online tools, there are several ways by which organizations are taking the paperless route -

•    Making use of note-taking apps in meetings
•    Taking benefit of mobile apps to capture business cards
•    Making use of cloud-sharing and instant messaging apps to cut down on printed memos, 

Workforces more than ever before have been functioning remotely, but some still prefer the conventional structure of a physical workspace. This has resulted in the emergence of hybrid or “phy-gital” workplace: one that supports both remote and on-site employees.