A study commissioned by Lenovo Corp. has found that Asia’s millennials, who will make up more than 50 percent of the work force by 2020, will drive transformation in workspaces across Asia Pacific, excluding Japan (APeJ).
“Millennials’ flair for new technologies combined with enterprises’ quest for competitive advantage will fuel adoption of high-potential innovation accelerators, such as AR/VR [augmented and virtual reality], cognitive intelligence and AI [artificial intelligence] and robotics, giving rise to new behavior and practices, particularly around human-device interfaces, collaboration, talent practices, visualization and data-driven insights,” Lenovo said.
The study accomplished by the International Data Corp. (IDC) also predicts that APeJ will represent the largest market for innovation accelerators, forecast to reach more than $600 billion by 2020, according to Lenovo.
“These changes will result in new norms across Asia Pacific, from our approach to buying devices and how we collaborate, to how we obtain and interact with data.”
Lenovo said based on the study, the company is seeing “a smarter, intelligent workspace” taking shape.
Citing the IDC, Lenovo said to remain competitive in 2018 and beyond, companies in the region must take a holistic approach to create a smart office across multi facets—physical space, work culture and technologies.
“Enterprises also need to be aware of the potential challenges of change management; workspace transformation requires concerted efforts across multiple levers to lead in the digital economy.”
Lenovo recommends that companies, especially those composed of millennials, must take a user-centric approach to provide “a truly engaging digital experience.”
To provide a truly engaging digital experience in the workspace, taking a user-centric approach to transformation is key, Lenovo added.
“It is essential for enterprises to look past the idea of traditional PCs[personal computers] to create a mobile, smart and personalized experience for its employees,” the world’s leading PC manufacturer said. “This can be done through providing a variety of form factors and design choices to meet modern workspace demands, offering next-generation devices, ensuring device mobility and at the same time maintaining enterprise-grade reliability.”
According to Lenovo transformation on the physical workspace front “can be accelerated with bimodal IT [information technology] and agile practices, solutions and commercial models tailored for different segments and markets, as well as solutions that allows both devices and management capabilities.”
Lenovo said it believes that a “truly intelligent environment is created when every device is smart; where the cloud enables devices, such as PCs, tablets, smartphones, smart speakers, smart TV and AR/VR to provide content, services and the best user experience to make life easier and better, and work more productive and efficient.”
“This is truly an exciting time for fans of technological progress. In fact, we believe that we are at an inflection point, where a demographic shift and accessible technology will drive rapid changes in how we will work over the next few years,” Lenovo Philippines Country General Manager Michael Ngan was quoted in a statement as saying. “However, business leaders should not take this change for granted. In order to survive and thrive in this new era, organizations must create the foundations for a smart workspace today. This means investing in intelligent transformation that enables personalized computing technologies and innovations. This is crucial to keep up with end-users’ today and future needs.”