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What strategic action looks like IDC provides a roadmap for navigating this critical inflection point for ITDMs and C-suite leaders: 1 Shifts from products to outcomes: IDC emphasises the need to work with technology partners who focus not just on tangible tools but on outcomes that solve long-term operational bottlenecks. 2 Enables people, not just platforms: Technologies are only as effective as the people and processes supported by them. Collaborative ecosystems that are simple, scalable, and integrative create measurable outcomes in efficiency and morale. 3 Focus on ROI beyond the immediate horizon: IDC’s findings reveal that effective collaboration ecosystems provide ROI not as a one-time payoff but as a compounding driver of success across an organisation’s evolving portfolio. Investing in flexible, future-ready communication tools today sustains adaptability tomorrow, transforming meeting spaces into collaboration hotspots that seamlessly accommodate diverse work environments and evolving technological needs. This approach not only enhances immediate productivity but also ensures alignment with long-term strategic goals by fostering an adaptable and integrated workspace. Building organisational resilience As IDC’s research shows, the cost of doing nothing is substantial. While businesses cannot predict every market fluctuation or technological breakthrough, they can choose preparedness through deliberate action. Organisations that strategically invest in proactive technology adoption will remain agile and resilient across economic cycles. Maintaining the status quo is, to paraphrase IDC, a “risky option for a near-future defined by disruptions.” By prioritising technology not as a cost center, but as an enabler of collaborative excellence and enterprise-wide alignment,
investments, from infrastructure upgrades to cybersecurity measures. l Importance of ecosystem alignment: The converging factors of remote work, resource scarcity, and digital-fluency demand that organisations align people, processes, and technologies seamlessly. The organisations most poised to thrive and realise the full value of automation, AI, and cloud, are those which prioritise collaboration and communication as critical enabler of their digital strategy, as opposed to a soft skill – not waiting until inefficiencies take root. The cost of unpreparedness IDC further revealed that organisations expecting disruption but failing to act are at risk of falling quickly behind key industry competitors. The balance isn’t just about lowering immediate risks – it’s about creating value pathways. Research data shows that enterprises dragging their heels on technology adoption may face irreparable gaps in productivity, customer retention, and employee engagement within the next two years.
Eri Vaveris VP, product management and CMO
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