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The new normal must be better than the old
The world is changing around us on a daily basis, and many share the view that after the immediate health crisis is over, the world of infrastructure will not go back to precisely the way it was before. The pressure for change had been building for some time, driven by the need to deliver enhanced social, economic and environmental outcomes in the face of constrained resources and carbon reduction. The enablers are the abundance of data and the digital transformation that can convert that data into value.
The current shock has led to a breakthrough moment for digital. Organisations that have had plans for digital transformation moving through their management systems for years have suddenly faced the need to rearrange themselves in weeks.
Individuals who may have been slow to change their behaviours have had to rapidly adopt new ways of working. Never has it been more important for business leaders to put digital at the heart of their enterprise.
Organisations need to focus quickly on how to convert data into value, both for themselves and for their customers. Mott MacDonald has developed and implemented a unique methodology to help to make this potential new normal into a reality.
For an infrastructure owner, operator or provider, a city authority or department of state, the path to realising the true value of information can be set out in six steps:
In order to deliver on those six steps organisations must change to become information-centric. This implies a fully integrated and collaborative way of working both across internal departmental boundaries and with supply chain partners. A new balance must be found between human and machine working together, using automation to liberate people to do what they do best across design, construction and operational stages of the life-cycle.
Our long-established digital transformation advisory services provide assessment of where an organisation is currently in terms of maturity in the transition to smart infrastructure and augmented delivery, to identify priority areas for improvement, and to measure progress in a systematic way. The Mott MacDonald Smart Infrastructure Index provides both a benchmark and a transformation methodology and is the adopted standard methodology across the UK’s leading Infrastructure Client Group.
Whether it is connecting data together to bring insights, connecting across information silos both within organisations and with external partners, or connecting innovation to outcomes, it is clear a connected future is essential as we move beyond the immediate crisis to address the persistent challenges that we all face. The answers will be found through the combination of deep domain experience and digital expertise, with a permanent focus on enabling happy, healthy and fulfilled lives for all.