FEATURE : CIO PRIORITIES corporate announcements and financial disclosures , organisations will increasingly highlight material strategic shifts due to the inability to support existing products or services or launch new opportunities because of workforce challenges .
“ Labour volatility has a direct correlation to enterprise execution and delivery models that impacts financial performance ,” added Plummer . “ The resiliency dialogue must become a CEO and boardroom conversation , rather than one siloed to HR .”
By 2025 , shareholder acceptance of moonshot speculative investments will double , making them a viable alternative to traditional R & D spending to accelerate growth
To find advantages amidst uncertainty and volatility , industry leaders are increasingly accepting high-risk technology investments with little-known returns and potential failure , known as ‘ moonshots ’.
“ Winning enterprises have learned the real risk they face is doing too little too late . Adopting antifragile approaches , such as moonshots , allows enterprises to maximise their advantage from disruption by adjusting their risk appetite and raising their tolerance for failure ,” said Plummer .
By 2027 , social media platform models will shift from ‘ customer
as product ’ to ‘ platform as customer ’ of decentralised identity , sold through data markets share , removing the need for repeated identity proofing across services and supporting common authentication services .
By 2025 , organisations that remediate documented gender pay gaps will decrease women ’ s attrition by 30 %, reducing pressure on talent shortages
Gartner data consistently shows that compensation is a top driver for talent attraction and retention , yet only
34 % of employees believe their pay is equitable . There is no generally accepted methodology for calculating pay equity , challenging organisations to identify and account for gender pay gaps . A nascent market is forming for software tools that offer pay equity assessments , with specialist vendors emerging that provide more ways to analyse and model data related to equitable pay .
Through 2025 , employee value metrics like well-being , burnout and brand satisfaction will override return on investment ( ROI ) evaluations in 30 % of successful growth investment decisions
Investments in efforts such as employee well-being and customer experience can yield direct financial returns through revenue growth and cost reduction . However , their more significant impacts are often on brand value , reputation and employee and customer acquisition and retention . Such metrics are difficult to quantify in terms of short-term financial gains , but they influence longer-term financial outcomes that drive enterprise value .
The current paradigm of users having to prove their identity repeatedly across online services is not efficient , scalable or secure . Web3 enables new decentralised identity standards which introduce several disruptive benefits , including giving users more control over which data they
“ Use of traditional ROI models to make investment decisions can discount or completely exclude non-financial benefits . Organisations that use more expansive valuation approaches will shift their investment focus to long-term growth , disruption and innovation ,” said Plummer . p
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