Driving for digital workplace success – with Williams Formula 1

“Our first focus as part of the Williams Formula 1 digital workplace was how can we make people’s lives easier, how can we make it that they can work anywhere, but still with that security and intellectual property in mind.”

– Graeme Hackland, Williams Group Chief Information Officer

When you think of Formula 1, the digital workplace isn’t necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. However, for Williams, the digital workplace plays an important part in reaching the team’s shared goal: continually improving the performance of their F1 cars.

Three years into a five-year digital and IT transformation programme, Graeme Hackland, CIO, tells us about their journey to date, the challenges facing Williams and how the digital workplace has helped them to move forward.

We hear too about another rapidly developing part of the Williams business that Graeme’s role also supports: Advanced Engineering, which focuses on transferring its Formula 1 knowledge and achievements into everyday applications, such as medical science, electric vehicles and defence.

Follow the conversation as Graeme reveals insights into his team’s work and explains why Williams is more like other businesses than you might at first think – they just operate at a slightly faster pace!