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Smarter Government – The Hybrid Organisation in Practice (FREE Whitepaper)

In 2010, Microsoft launched the concept of the Hybrid Organisation. Working with experts from the fields of social change, workplace design, economics, technology and public sector development, Microsoft identified several characteristics of businesses and organisations that are best placed to thrive in uncertain times.

These ‘Hybrid’ Organisations are those that combine the three elements of people, workplace and technology in equal measure. A successful organisation would be one that empowered its people to work in the way they would be most productive, allowing them to be measured by outputs, empowered through innovative and flexible workplace design and a range of technologies and tools that help them do their jobs more effectively:

 

One year on from the original Hybrid Organisation publication, Microsoft has reconvened the Hybrid Organisation Advisory Board, with additional representation from the worlds of business, accounting and human resources consultancy. This year, our aim was to revisit the concept of Hybrid and move towards practical examples and guidance for organisations that want to get the most value from their people, workplace and the tools they can use to generate success.

You can find out more about the learnings from a range of commercial and public sector organisations in the new Hybrid Organisation in Practice white paper that you can download for free here.

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue is one of the public sector customers that has contributed to the white paper and is driving innovation and change in the workplace using enabling technology:

Work is often thought about as a location – it isn’t,” says Stone (IT Manager, West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue). “Work is an activity that
produces an outcome. In our case, we shouldn’t want people sitting at desks or sitting in cars for hours on end trying to manage documentation.
They would be
much more productive if they could access all the information they need through the internet.

As the economy and markets continue to fluctuate, businesses and public sector organisations face a myriad of challenges. Being Hybrid is about being best able to react to change and opportunity – irrespective of organisation size, and as this paper shows, it’s all about people.

Posted by Ian