C-Suite Executives in India and APAC Foresee the Advent of SIOs as Critical Success Factor in 2014


It shows that a solid 22 percent expect ‘significant growth’ in revenue, indicating that some firms will continue to reap the benefit of Asia’s powerhouse economic positioning. On profits, a total of 76 percent are expecting either no change or only marginal growth in profitability. The report additionally highlights the advent of the Socially Intelligent Organisation (SIOs) encapsulates key elements of the dynamism that is now required to manage and prosper in a rapidly evolving environment. With over 52percent approving the fact that they are a Socially Intelligent and 77percent are of the opinion that Social Intelligence Drives Profitability.

 The emergence of social intelligence in a business setting brings together an array of disciplines and processes to address issues in a coherent and collaborative way. SIOs are serving to sharpen business instincts and harness all available resources to detect, interpret and confront the challenges that are now coming faster than ever. The outlook for India seems to be positive and business leaders have demonstrated that they are confident about the situation, yet they are clear that profit improvement will not come easily and that every bit of additional returns will be hard won.

In India, business leaders are far more optimistic than their counterparts elsewhere. Majority of executives in India feel that organizations are increasingly becoming socially intelligent. From an economic outlook standpoint, smaller organizations are more upbeat than larger ones. Their confidence shows that while there is widespread agreement about continuing economic and business improvement, it is not unbridled optimism.
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