“A full room is better than in front of a screen,” enthused Stephane Huet, CEO of Dell Technology France, at the opening this morning in Paris of the first edition of the Dell Forum organized face-to-face since… 2019. “Our organizations have made considerable efforts to adapt, starting with the employees,” admitted the French boss of Dell. “Technology has been important, but above all people, and the ability to take hold of technology”.
And to quote a study carried out with 10,000 customers of the supplier to understand the transformations, and the obstacles that this period of confinement and global teleworking had generated.
59% of respondents indicate that the weight of corporate cultures has been and remains a problem in moving to teleworking. 87% of respondents say that their opinion is not taken into account by the hierarchy, and 29% say that their managers treat them as replaceable people. In this context, the fragmentation of workplaces does not help employees.
Overly centralized technology is an obstacle to getting closer to users
Admittedly, the difficulties are also of a technical nature. 52% of respondents say overly centralized technology is a barrier to getting closer to users. Finally, the rise of connectivity brings its share of insecurity. 74% of respondents are worried about a much higher risk of cyber attack with the implementation of hybrid working.
But the profound consequence of these upheavals is that “work is no longer a place but a result” assures Stéphane Huet.
While few bring technology, face this new world. To better understand the balance between private life and public life, says Dell. And there is a lot to do since 63% of respondents to his survey think that this articulation is still struggling to be fluid. But above all improve productivity. “We need to automate and rethink the human/machine partnership, and support towards a data-driven world,” says the head of Dell France.