The intense demands of today’s working environment have seen organisations come under pressure from multiple fronts, having to ensure the implementation of corporate strategy while also providing a sense of purpose, flexibility, and career opportunities. Some organisations are responding to this challenge by using emerging technologies (such as AI assistants and AI-enabled workflows, wearables, etc.) to fine tune the working of the organisational machinery.

Technological capabilities are expanding far quicker than most leaders can fully understand their workings. AI is simply one example of this, but what we must always keep in mind is that technology is but an enabler. Organisations are innately human enterprises, while technology is simply one of how organisations can engage employees, increase productivity, and give its people the tools with which to realise their full potential.

What technology can do is help systematically shed the drudgery of daily workloads, freeing us from the mundane and opening organisations up to the possibility of achieving the miraculous. The opportunity and responsibility for every organisation and leader is to get this balance right, working tirelessly towards building a brighter future of work for everyone. This will require not just investing in technology, but people too, to ensure that everyone grows together in this brave new world of work.

A few companies are shining paragons that embody this change to the fullest, and their remarkable transition will see them earn accolades and recognition in a glittering ceremony at Most Preferred Workplace 2023-24 IT and ITES edition. After the stupendous success of previous editions of this landmark event, we turn our lens to the tech industry at a gala event in Mumbai, to laud those leading the way.