NTT says employees can 'choose their own workplace' under new plans

NTT DATA parent to move away from a centralised model and focus on regions instead

NTT Group is to allow staff to "choose their own workplace" as part of a new management style it claims is "suitable for a decentralised network society".

The Japanese-headquartered group released a statement which outlined the need to adapt to "social and economic environment changes" such as digital transformation and "post Covid-19 environment changes" like increased decentralisation.

As part of this focus, NTT Group says its workforce of more than 300,000 will be "premised on remote work" and can choose their own workplace.

"Looking ahead to post Covid-19 era, the NTT Group aims to transform a new style based on remote work by revision of rules and improvement of IT environments as well as reforming various operations," the statement reads.

The new strategy will see NTT "transform" from a "highly centralised organisation" into an "autonomous, decentralised network-like organisation" by moving away from larger, metropolitan areas to more regional areas.

NTT says it will "promote regional urban development and the introduction of new social infrastructure development" and will also develop an IT environment that enables employees to work from anywhere - including the introduction of "cloud-based and zero-trust systems".