acceleration in the rise of smart cities

Davenport Campbell has been featured in the UNSW’s article about how COVID-19 could accelerate the rise of smart cities.

The dramatic changes to the workforce brought about by organisational responses to COVID-19 will likely accelerate the shift to smart cities, according to UNSW Sydney

The coronavirus pandemic is permanently reshaping the nature of how work is done in a number of ways. Organisations have had to contend with large swathes of their employees working from home, and it looks like this seismic shift will be permanent in many ways. Many organisations have wrestled with flexible working, work-life balance and virtual teamwork for many years. But when push came to shove in 2020, employees appear to have adapted remarkably well to the process of working from home.

A survey conducted in April 2020 by Davenport Campbell and UNSW, indicated that 83% of employees are satisfied with remote working, 75% feel the same (or more) productive, 87% feel trusted by their organisation and 79% feel a strong sense of ownership over their work.