Ten Questions
Rapid-Fire
interview
Marjet Andriesse
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Red Hat, APAC By Mastufa Ahmed
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What characterises the postpandemic tech landscape?
How can they stay on this path?
Digital strategies that call for transformations of IT projects, fluidity, and responsiveness
Reinvent the employee experience by investing in training, upskilling and open leadership
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How can they strengthen the employee experience?
Those same digital strategies: it requires fresh levels of insight, creativity, and flexibility from workers
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Growth opportunities in the APAC market? A growing appetite for disruption, and the potential for companies to tap into the hidden power of communities they serve
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Do's and don'ts within those opportunities?
Do: take the conversation well beyond technology to tackle actual business problems and add social value. Don't: undertake digital transformation just for its sake
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Patterns you see in the APAC job market?
Companies in APAC are definitely becoming more aware of their employees’ needs; they need to reinvent the employee experience Shift in the go-to-market model, physical stores investing in digitalisation, businesses adapting to new ways of working
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Your thoughts on companies' response to the 'Great Resignation'?
Companies in APAC are definitely becoming more aware of their employees’ needs — be it for hybrid working, purposedriven work, or inclusivity
Take the time to understand existing employees’ perceptions, review your employee value propositions annually, embrace openness and a culture of community
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The greatest challenges for businesses?
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What's the #1 employee expectation to meet?
Hybrid is here to stay. Companies must continue to invest in the right technology and tools to enable productive and collaborative work in 2022 while creating a cohesive company culture
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Your vision for the future of tech?
Consistency is now more crucial than ever to successful IT organisations. Combining existing systems with new technologies represents a sustainable future for IT may 2022 |
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