Preparing For The Future of Work
The convergence of megatrends identified in this white paper provide a starting point for global businesses and organizations of all sizes to explore the wide range of options targeting the multiple facets of workplace communication.
Many are starting to invest in collaboration technologies that help employees communicate and share information better in diverse work environment. Corporate executives are rethinking how they leverage working space (internal as well as remote) to communicate effectively in meetings and team projects. This created a trend of shifting investment from traditional larger meeting rooms to mid-size to smaller meeting spaces (huddle rooms) for ad-hoc gathering of smaller groups. The mid-size meeting rooms and huddle rooms are usually equipped with simple audio-visual technology such as conference phone, projector, or flat panel, but more companies are starting to invest on equipment with interactive functions to fill these spaces.
In recognizing disruptive trends, Ricoh Canada has embarked on the next level of workplace innovation to digitize tasks from conventional office spaces to wherever people work in the future, shifting the conversation from products and processes to people: the way we operate, share, and collaborate. One of the focus areas is “Workplace Productivity” and improving the customer experience. Adding to the complexity of various types of information and how to manage them, workplace environments have become more diversified than ever.
Many organizations are adapting to a flexible work environment where employees, business partners, and specialists work in remote places. Sharing complex information and collaborating became critical enough to impact the company’s efficiency and productivity.
Source: Humza Teherany: "MLSE invests in tech via Ricoh partnership", Strategy Online, Aug 29, 2019 http://strategyonline.ca/2019/08/29/mlse-invests-in-tech-via-rioch-partnership/
Simple workplace solutions to complex collaboration problems Imagine creating a “space” where people can quickly gather to share information or make decisions, regardless of time zone or location, using a wide range of product line-up suitable for every type of meeting space.
As a technology and service provider offering printing solutions, IT Services, Managed Services, Visual Communications technology, and AV Integration, Ricoh is in a unique position to guide our customers and help their businesses thrive. With our expertise in capturing, transforming, sharing, and managing information, we deliver solutions for a dynamic workforce that is changing the way people work today.
Ricoh Communication Services deliver solutions that enhance collaboration and elevate work styles of the customers. Ricoh solutions are fully integrated, meaning that our customers need to deal with just one partner – rather than deal with multiple providers that are part of piecemeal solutions. Ricoh’s unique global footprint that includes support, sales, and distribution will also help customers who are expanding or already are in global market and allows for the same user experience anywhere in the world.
One such Canadian software provider and exclusive partner is Vizetto, who are redefining collaboration and meeting efficiency with an unparalleled toolkit and using Ricoh technology to deliver it.
Ineffective collaboration results in the loss of productivity, time, and poor decision-making – to the tune of $37 billion (USD) in annual salary due to unnecessary meetings in the US alone 1
1 You Waste A Lot of Time At Work: https://www.atlassian.com/time-wasting-at-work-infographic
People, Process, Technology: The Pillars of Workplace Transformation Reactiv SUITE is an innovative presentation and collaboration software designed to make meetings more efficient and productive. With this new partnership, Ricoh offers an unparalleled value proposition that simplifies team meetings and is set to power a collaboration revolution in education, healthcare and business organizations of all industries and sizes. Together with Ricoh, Reactiv SUITE is revolutionizing the way people communicate and share, by creating a "Digital Table" whereby multiple remote users can simultaneously access, push and manipulate any type of content as if it were a piece of paper. It provides users' the ability to share, collaborate and ideate across teams from anywhere in the world.
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We live in a time of intense and continual change. Organizations need to be at the leading edge of change to survive in this rapidly evolving world. However, despite pressure to innovate and be disruptive, many don’t have the right organizational culture that is fit for change and uncertainty.
The direction is clear, to survive, companies need adaptive, collaborative, and agile ways of working that are fit for an uncertain and rapidly changing business world.
This IDC Market Perspective from Analysts Angela Salmeron and Jennifer Thomson, entitled The Future of Work: Agile "Team of Teams", reviews the business importance of teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and business agility, as well as the fundamental role of technology to enable it and to serve as a catalyst to "change the way work is done." This document also provides an overview of the competitive landscape across different technology segments.
See the back cover to get this report and learn how cross-functional collaboration can deliver business agility, and how Ricoh can help.
– Jake Yamashita President and CEO, Ricoh Group
