Pradyumna Pendse

If it is properly controlled and governed, citizen development can solve the desperate shortage of dev resources. Picture this: your people have a great idea to accelerate how you deliver on new business requirements. All you need to make it happen is some professional developers. Easy, right? Unfortunately, not. Finding highly skilled developers in the current marketplace is a challenge for every enterprise and in every vertical.

There is a legion of robo advisors available for the retail investor, whether it be directly offered domestically or internationally. And although it is a typical value proposition offered by FinTechs, these innovative “online, inventive, or digital stewards of wealth,” are also offered by the world’s largest asset management companies (e.g., BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Vanguard). The Netherlands is considered one of the most innovative countries in the world in the financial sector.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed many things, including how and where we connect. As workforces went remote, video conferencing replaced in-person meetings and e-learning platforms boomed. And as customers shifted to online shopping, telecom operators were faced with unprecedented demand. In the blink of an eye, the entire world seemed to go digital. Now, as we take stock of the new landscape, we need to ask, what’s changed for telecom operators?