Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2022 London: Day 2 Highlights
November 22, 2022 at 05:16 am EST
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London, U.K., November 22, 2022
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2022 London: Day 2 Highlights
We are bringing you news and highlights from the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference, taking place this week in London. Below is a collection of the key announcements and insights coming out of the conference. You can read the highlights from Day 1 here.
On Day 2 from the conference, we are exploring how diversity of thought can help with innovation and talent retention, how to handle cloud services outages and how to foster a thriving multigenerational I&O workforce . Be sure to check this page throughout the day for updates.
Key Announcements
Gartner Highlights 10 Common Cloud Strategy Mistakes
Keynote: Collective Unhiding: Diversity of Thought Is Critical for Business Innovation and Talent Retention
Presented by Michelle Bazargan, Sr Director Advisory, Gartner
When people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives come together, their unique thoughts pave a path for innovation. In this session, Michelle Bazargan, Sr Director Advisory at Gartner, shared steps to drive diversity of thought that can foster business differentiation, talent engagement and retention.
Gartner Sr Director Advisory Michelle Bazargan tells the audience at the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations Management and Cloud Strategies Conference in London to rethink diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and explore how diversity of thought can tackle their biggest challenges.
Gartner analysts shared four steps for leaders to enhance diversity of thought within their organization.
At the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations Management and Cloud Strategies Conference in London, Gartner Sr Director Advisory, Michelle Bazargan, told the audience: "Don't view people as a means to an end. Conscious leaders foster kindness, collaboration, and co-creation so that their people are seen, heard, and fulfilled."
Key Takeaways
"The human deal has totally changed! Work from home is an actual demand for radical flexibility and inclusion."
"Over 82% of people desire to work for organizations that support their personal growth and creativity, and yet 45% of employees believe their organization actually sees all of who they are as a person."
"The human deal has shifted in order to be creative, engaged and innovative people who want to be heard, be seen and display unique expression."
There are four steps that can help leaders improve diversity of thought and innovation within their organization:
Become a Conscious Leader through curiosity, asking more questions, expand your knowledge of different people and viewpoints, challenge your beliefs.
Include the 3 E's that Drive Diversity of Thought: Elevate, extend and expand diversity of thought by adding in diversity competencies to skills, working with partners and removing location bias.
Create an Actionable Diversity and Inclusion Plan: Create learning loops and incremental agile plans versus long powerpoint promises.
Develop and Execute a Continuous, Iterative One Page Plan: Put it on one page and commit to it.
"Organizations that focus on unhiding the full potential of people by harnessing employees' different viewpoints and opinions will set the stage for market differentiation and business growth."
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Watch this space for more updates throughout the day.
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