What’s NXT? 7 Trends that are likely to Shape the Future for Engineers in the New Era.
June | 2020
Organizations globally are experiencing workforce disruption at an unprecedented scale and pace. Virtually all companies shifted to a remote workforce model to protect and empower employees, serve customers, and establish business continuity. Technology companies were better prepared. For example, Wipro Engineering was able to ensure 99% of its workforce comprising 20,000+ engineers were fully operational, remotely, within 48 hours of the lockdown.
For millions of engineers globally today, with approximately 1M added to the community annually, the burning question is: what will the future look like? Will virtual workspaces be the new normal? Can innovation and engineering happen over siloed setups? Will the world be flatter for engineers or will growth opportunities be physically distanced?
Until 2020, Digital disruption & technology adoption had ensured unprecedented growth in global demand for engineers. With COVID-19 elevating technology needs even further, this demand is likely to increase but a few things for engineers will be different:
Conclusion
There is no denying the fact that COVID-19 has marked the end of an era. The new era though, will mean greater opportunity for the engineering workforce. It is important for each of us to reset and reconfigure according to the new reality, while managing the crisis today, and look toward a brighter future!
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Harmeet Chauhan
Senior Vice President and Global Head of Wipro’s Industrial & Engineering Services, Wipro Ltd
Harmeet Chauhan is Senior Vice President and Global Head of Wipro’s Industrial & Engineering Services business.
Harmeet defines the company’s global vision and strategy for IoT, Industry 4.0 and Product Engineering Services.
Harmeet is a proven business leader with technology industry experience across products and engineering services businesses. Until recently, he was a member of Aricent's executive team as President - Software and Internet. Prior to Aricent, he held business leadership roles across sales, product management, and business development with companies like HCL, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft.
Harmeet completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Engineering from Pune University, India, attended Business School at Fore School of Management, New Delhi, India. He is a long time San Francisco Bay Area resident and works out of our Silicon Valley Innovation Centre in Mountain View, CA.
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