Technology and the evolving workplace – smartly into the future | The Planner

shutterstock_232187863The workplace, as we know it, is evolving to provide speedier, more flexible and smarter solutions.

Mobile technology is a critical toolkit and a greater use of digital technology now brings meetings to life on a global scale.

The multi-generational workplace is also contributing to having collaborative tools in place to support greater productivity of the new generation, particularly the millennials. This is the innovative world NFS Technology Group is working in, headed by Luis Desouza, CE of the group.

NFS has done some very exciting research in conjunction with our major global clients and some of the findings are now available on video, white papers and blogs, which will be covered in our forums, set to include the following topics:

  •  5 Insights Every CIO Needs Today
  • Technology and Workplace Mobility : video conferencing and (often remote) collaboration
  • How to Create Workplaces to Inspire Performance
  • The Journey from Fixed Working Environemnt to more Flexible Spaces

“The way the workplace is evolving is having a major impact on the HR, meeting and events industry. Meeting planners, event organisers and meeting venues need new tools and methods to address and maintain a competitive edge. These tools will encompass mobile solutions like apps, online booking portals as well as new approaches to meeting planning and delivery.It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change – Charles Darwin’ – a wise man indeed,” says Luis.

He continues to outline how NFS, as an international provider of both venue management and workplace management solutions, is leading the way in supporting businesses in making the change from current solutions to new, smarter methods of working, supported by new tools and approaches to workplace communication.

The NFS Business Forum, taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 12, will be the first of a series of international events on the subject of workplace change and collaborative technology.NFS boasts some big and fast-expanding clients in the UK including Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, British Library, and the Royal Yacht Britannia in Edinburgh. Its impressive South African client list includes: CSIR, Gallagher Estate, Maropeng, Avianto, Misty Hills, The Venue Melrose Arch as well as The Venue Green Park (Sandton).