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At Planview, our vision is simple: to help organizations realize their resource potential. This PPM Vision and Trends category is all about thought leadership. Read about what Planview thought leaders are saying about the work and resource management market as it relates to PPM, work collaboration, and enterprise architecture. We’ll also provide information on industry news, trends, and company stewardship. Whether you are seeking a sneak peek at our product lineup or curious about our latest innovation push, Visions and Trends contain a wide range of information. We’ll help you get your arms around the changing landscape and how to better understand the forces at work and the pace of disruption. We can even help you re-assess how to attack your toughest resource challenges and how to stay on top of new certifications.
Following the introduction of legislation in 2017 that obligated major companies in Britain to reveal their gender pay gaps. It was deemed necessary to introduce a law which did not necessarily seek to punish private firms but rather to oblige them to self-report information which could assist further policy-making. The results have made for interesting...
The phenomenal rise of the gig economy, powered by platforms and apps such as Uber, TaskRabbit and Airbnb mean that many people, especially Millennials, are taking on second jobs, also known as a “side hustle”. This is a global phenomenon but is having a particularly large effect on employment in the UK, where a quarter...
Britain, historically, has been one of the world’s greatest leaders in terms of technological innovation, going all the way back to the Industrial Revolution. Then, the UK’s inventors and industrialists embraced ingenuity and harnessed the power of steam and kinetics to change the way the world worked. While we have moved on a lot from...
In a global economy that rewards strivers, concepts like rest and relaxation can start to take on the sepia tones of old photographs. Technology has blurred the lines between work life and the spaces where life actually happens. But a healthy balance is one of the most important factors in determining success. Overlong hours can...
The dark clouds hanging over Britain caused by its impending exit from the European Union (Brexit) are beginning to look ever more ominous for business in the country, with the UK car industry in particular seeming to be in quite a precarious position. Already one of the most at-risk industries in the country, recent reports...
fThe realities of life in the UK after Brexit are beginning to become much clearer as the country gets closer to the March 29, 2019 “divorce date” from the world’s largest trading bloc. Much of what Brexit will mean for citizens of the UK is still dependent on the type of deal that will be...
The side-effects and consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are coming clearer into view and their effect on wage growth and labor welfare have been noted by the Bank of England’s chief economist, Andy Haldane. The effects of automation, he declared, could knock 1% per year off wage growth for UK workers, in all likelihood...
Statistics concerning the future for millennials in the UK continue to paint a bleak picture according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The headline figure is that 53% of 22 to 29-year-olds have no savings whatsoever, essentially living paycheck-to-paycheck. The rise of the gig economy and insecure working conditions, such as...
Digital transformation initiatives fail for a number of reasons. Sometimes it’s due to a misunderstanding of what digital transformation actually is; other times, it’s because of an unwillingness to adapt to an ever-changing professional environment. According to Ventana Research, successful digital transformation requires the highest level of work and resource management to return the greatest...
In the Age of Mass Production, which began at the turn of the 20th century, we witnessed engineering organizations master complex product delivery. Since that time, product complexity has continued to grow, fueled recently by an ever-growing number of electronic and software components. For example, in the 2000s, approximately 40 percent of a car’s cost...
