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As video take-up continues to
disappoint, interested parties are
hoping that the next generation of
business leaders will effect a change in
corporate culture.
According to a recent study by Cisco,
The
2013 Cisco Global Young Executives’ Video
Attitudes Survey,
three out of five Generation
Y executives (i.e. those born after 1980) expect
use of business-class video to grow in the next
5-10 years.
Almost nine out of 10 (87%) believe video
has a positive impact on an organisation, through
reduced travel costs, team-building and enhanced
telecommuting. The same number say they would
choose to work for a video-enabled organisation
over one that has not invested in business-class
video communications.
The main benefits of video are perceived to
be that it lets you read visual cues,
‘be there’ without travelling and share content in
real-time.
However, take-up is dependent on video
being as simple to use and as pervasive as other
communication tools and of an acceptable quality.
Just 10% of respondents said that ‘low quality
video would be acceptable’ for discussions with the
board, 12% for customer communications, 17% for
contact with suppliers, 22% when travelling and
25% for internal meetings.
www.cisco.com
More
mobility
just a
question of time
A new report by Deloitte and EE
predicts that the appointment
of the first Gen Y FTSE CEO in
2016 will bring about a complete
overhaul of the UK’s business
culture, with much greater
integration of mobile-enabled
processes and practices.
In
Upwardly Mobile: Redefining
business mobility in Britain
, Deloitte
argues that British businesses have
suffered a ‘lost decade’ of mobility, in
which fewer than one in five employees
(19%) has been equipped to work
efficiently when out of the office, but
that Gen Y managers who have grown
up with mobile technology will make it
central to UK business culture.
The report points out that three
out of four Gen Y workers already
want to do more with mobile
devices but that even in technology
companies they are being prevented
from doing so. Only a quarter (26%)
of IT organisations give employees
mobile apps to complete routine tasks.
As a result, 91% of Gen Y
employees in the technology sector
use a personal mobile device at work
for note-taking and collaboration,
whether or not they are allowed
to, with 52% claiming that mobile
working makes them more productive.
Upwardly Mobile: Redefining
business mobility in Britain
includes
10 strategies that executives should
implement now in order to mobilise
their business.
http://business.ee.co.uk/large-
business/upwardly-mobile
agenda
01732 759725
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Video meeting providers pin hopes on
Generation Y
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Shipments of app-enabled smart watches are predicted to grow from 1 million units
this year to 36 million units by 2018, according to a new report by Juniper Research,
Next Generation Smart Watches: Market Prospects 2013-2018
. Demand will be driven
by new multi-functional devices with applications in fitness tracking, payments and
ticketing. Photo shows the Samsung Galaxy Gear.
www.juniperresearch.com
Social media
penetration stalls
Social media use in the UK has
remained flat for the last two years,
even though more Britons than
ever are connected to the internet.
A survey by the Oxford Internet
Institute at Oxford University reveals
that 78% of the UK population is
now online compared to 73% in
2011. However, social media use
has stayed the same at around 60%.
www.oii.ox.ac.uk