Mentors. For generations they’ve been known as senior staff with experience who generally train newer recruits – but that mindset is being turned upside down with the idea of reverse mentoring.

Microsoft is introducing new capabilities in Microsoft 365 that make it possible for every person to do their best work.

Fonterra has joined the likes of Google and 3M by offering a new scheme that allows employees to spend up to a third of their time on projects beyond the realm of their day jobs.

“It’s important to realise that it’s not an overnight fix, it’s a journey, and it can take multiple years to get to the nirvana.”

From New Zealand's farming heartland to the mountains and to the cloud, Taupō's regional businesses are embracing technology from the ground up.

“Employers are fast realising these non-monetary benefits help to build a satisfied, motivated, productive and loyal workforce.”

Due to a number of factors including an increasingly mobile workforce, most offices around the world are being severely under-utilised.

Diversity – and not just gender diversity – brings different ideas, backgrounds, and assumptions to the table.

It is the convergence of people plus, not versus, technology that are now working together.

Digital is not a new concept. What is new is the notion that digital goes beyond simply implementing technology within businesses.

The duo will build “human-centric” innovative solution with the goal of transforming the way people work.

"I’ve worked on how we can remove the stereotype of how an engineer is a guy, and make it about the role itself."

Only 16% of ANZ professionals consider technology to be an ‘enabler of automating menial tasks to save time.’

Expect to see more instances of ransomware, DDoS attacks and attacks against Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

The objective of intelligent spaces is simple: Create a workplace that adapts to the way people want to work.

The Japanese ICT company draws attention to issues that arise when sharing data between multiple locations which is stored in the cloud.

For those unhappy with their job, here's a couple of companies that have made it into Australia's top ten best places to work.

Vision Exchange allows teams to brainstorm and work collaboratively through wireless sharing content from laptops and tablets.

If the aim is to create empowered and productive employees, it makes sense that the process should start with them.

If you’re measuring the productivity of your employees based on whether you can see them or not, you’re probably not getting the most out of them.

“Steve’s vision for Apple stretched far beyond his time with us. He intended Apple Park to be the home of innovation for generations to come."

​Gartner recently highlighted the top technology trends that will be strategic for most organisations in 2017 - are you prepared?

"Some of the best companies that I've talked don't really think about work from home per se, they think about work from the best place."

At the recent Imagine 2016 event in Auckland, there were many topics discussed, not least of which the power of collaboration and the future.