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Conclusion
These are massively disruptive times, and businesses need to react, review, prepare, and
augment their technology to successfully navigate their way out of the storm. Companies
that put in the time, learn what they need to, and push themselves to transform can
navigate the disruption better. Reliable and flexible services provided by trusted and
experienced partners and integrators will be the foundation of successful businesses.
Consider your people first, and how to prepare them to be happy and comfortable in
working in new ways. They are, after all, the skilled and trained driver behind the wheel of
the tools you give them.
Technology and Business strategies are converging, as technology shifts from its
traditional role of supporting the business to enabling and promoting it, driving new
initiatives, and accelerating go-to-market strategies. Leadership needs to view the
challenges through a unified lens.
Find a business technology partner in change, with credible experience and expertise,
that can work with your leadership across the business both strategically and tactically.
These technology partners in change should share the value placed upon a people-first
strategy. They should be customer-centric, operate consultatively, and look to provide
business outcomes, but always with the people in mind. There should be a quality-
driven curiosity in answering the question of whether there is now a "better way", and a
respectful comprehension and acceptance of the complexity this simple query belies.
They should also offer ways to allow you to prove concepts, give you the right visibility
of your business, and introduce solution health ideas to keep your finger on the pulse of
your company.
Make technology work for the business. Companies should also not be thinking about
IT in isolation; the shift to home working, the necessary social and collaborative tools
required to keep the business happy and productive, and the integration required
with legacy or existing technologies require all leaders to lend their consideration and
requirements for the now, and for where they want to be.
Is there now a better way? We believe the answer is yes.
References
https://www.bcg.com/en-us/publications/2020/valuable-productivity-gains-covid-19
https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/most-it-projects-fail-will-yours.php
https://www.theamericanconsumer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FINAL-Wi-Fi-Router-Vulnerabilities.pdf
