Over the past two years, Covid-19 has been a massive burden for us all for a multitude of reasons. But it’s only now that we’re truly dealing with the shock that the pandemic has caused to the world economy and the harsh financial reality that we face.

We explore the threats and opportunities of Decentralised finance (DeFi) for traditional financial services providers.

Organisation design is at the core of any high-productivity organisation, by mapping the service delivery chain organisations can determine how to turn its resources into inputs, outputs and outcomes. This then helps to identify key constraints for improving budget efficiency, productivity and effectiveness.

Improving productivity not only boosts economic growth, it can also encourage innovation, create employment opportunities, enhance educational attainment, and renew the social and cultural fabric across the UK.

Our paper considers the importance of balancing customer-company effort for retention: every interaction must be easy so customers are more likely to return.

As many of us start to return to offices and other workplaces, the hybrid approach has emerged as the most popular solution for both employees and employers.

Our previous articles have focused on the life and pensions workplace of the future, identifying new organisational structures, and working patterns that take account of the digital revolution we’re living through. Now we’ll turn our attention to the customer experience itself.

There is a consensus that the world needs more learning – whether it’s part of society building back better, responding to the future of work in the short term, or equipping the next generation to step into the jobs that we do not yet know about.

Managing Director of Security Watchdog, Susie Thomson and Capita’s Director of Digital Onboarding, Lesley Gregory, recently hosted an online discussion about the importance of creating great onboarding experiences, and how to achieve this digitally in a post-pandemic world.

Our report “From back-office to business-critical: The case for information management in policing” provides a roadmap for modern information management.