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Demystifying smarter working

The GPA demystifies smarter working by looking at some common misconceptions.

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We have all been a part of the rapid acceleration in the transformation of ways of working. How, where and when we work have evolved at a pace no one has experienced before. This evolution has allowed a spotlight on smarter working practices.

Put simply, smarter working empowers us with choices about how, where and when we work. Underpinned by culture, ethos, process and technology, smarter working is about optimising ways of working and enhancing working environments to generate greater productivity, simplify processes and realise cost savings through efficiencies.

With organisations across all sectors racing to join the smarter working journey with more intensity than ever before, the momentum is also creating a community of misconceptions around what smarter working is.

We’ve looked at some of these common misconceptions to demystify smarter working in our article

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Published 8 February 2023