SAPinsider Technology Executive Forum Issue 1 2021

A year on, Nottinghamshire County Council and Davies are planning for how the organization will work together beyond the pandemic — and again, technology will play a major role. Davies says remote working has been a success, and like many of his business technology leadership peers, he expects an element of remote working to remain in place at Nottinghamshire. “The challenge is how do you get the same experience as we had before,” he says. The council chamber is potentially going to be wired for cameras so that it too can accommodate remote collaboration when the chamber is in session. “I think there will be a desire for mixed-mode meet- ings,” Davies says. As well as guaranteeing that the infrastructure is in place to ensure council workers and councillors can work on-site or remotely, Davies and his team are looking to the future and increas- ing the access to data to drive decision making. “I have always believed that data holds the answer; any solution without data is just an opinion.” SAPinsiderOnline.com 46