Louise Francis - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• Firms urged to address the skills challenge for an AI-enabled workforce

  New research finds workers are more willing to reskill than business leaders believe they are

• ‘Digitally determined’ organisations on the rise, CDO titles decline: IDC looks at the next chapter of DX across NZ

  IDC looks at digital transformation trends across the globe, and their impact on New Zealand

• How to build a 'digital dream team': IDC NZ

  IDC reports on the digital transformation strategies - and challenges - of Kiwi organisations.

• Welcome to the talent crunch jungle

  IDC research consistently finds businesses that excel in a digital economy have made their talent pipeline a key competitive weapon. So why is talent management not a priority investment for Kiwi organisations?

• Customer experience tops C-suite agenda in New Zealand

  “The difference from other years is that companies have defined how they are planning to do this, with targeted technology investments and initiatives,” says Louise Francis of IDC NZ.
  

• Solving the customer experience (CX) riddle

  In a new IDC survey, New Zealand C-suite executives named CX and marketing as their top focus over the next two years. So why do so many organisations still find it so hard to get right?

• Digital disruption - leader or follower?

  Build your foundations now, cloud is the platform for digital transformation, advises Louise Francis of IDC.
  

• How to rebuild your innovation mojo

  New Zealand enterprises need to rewire their ‘innovation brains’ or risk being sidelined by competitors. IDC’s Louise Francis lists three questions to jumpstart the process.

• Top 10 tech trends NZ CIOs need to prepare for in 2016-2017: IDC

  “The sweeping changes about to take place have been compared to an avalanche,” says Shane Minogue of IDC and one of the authors of the 2016 FutureScapes report.
  

• 5 steps to build innovation muscles

  New Zealand CIOs allot only 19 per cent of their resources to business innovation, according to a recent IDC survey. They risk being overrun by the competition.

• IDC’s top 10 predictions for New Zealand CIOs in 2015

  The business technology trends to prepare for in the next 12 months.