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Companies began to appreciate a different and open way of working that meant making profound changes rooted in culture .
Paulo Bonucci , SVP and General Manager , Red Hat Latin America
The future of work : The key is people
Paulo Bonucci , SVP and General Manager , Red Hat Latin America , explains what cultural and strategic changes companies need to empower people .
The vision of the future is not always about flying cars , teleportation or Smart Cities . It is about the people who make all possible – something we have witnessed in recent years .
We are at the beginning of the year . The past year has flown by and in 12 months , we have witnessed innovation , change and the famous ‘ new normal ’.
2022 was a year marked by the return to a routine that has evolved with the pandemic . Yes , once again , I am talking about that small white elephant in the middle of the room that forced communities , countries and the entire world to stop and take a second to reflect and , once confident , move forward .
At the center of all that , while teleworking became the norm and telecommunications the star players , the human factor shone under the stadium lights in a masterful play where the victory was collaborative . Companies began to appreciate a different and open way of working that meant making profound changes rooted in culture .
Those changes were both external and internal . Working from home – a novelty for many companies at the beginning of 2020 – has become the standard , in a way that many companies have decided to adopt as a working methodology for the future .
But just as it allowed us to take ownership of our time and find ways to be more productive , it also deprived us of sharing common spaces , being connected and maintaining contact . That is when the open culture model was tested , in which fluid communication was key and the trust in the team had to be equal .
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