While the use and application of technology has become near ubiquitous around the world, the actual adoption of new and emerging technologies across most organizations continues to be less than optimal. Due to several barriers, tech adoption at an organizational level is often slow or even nonexistent. This keeps old legacy systems alive and hinders an organization from achieving its full potential efficiently. This lag in adoption has long been a concern for companies but now, amid a pandemic, it’s a crisis.
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August 21, 2020
Summary.
Due to several barriers, tech adoption at an organizational level is often slow or even nonexistent. Why is true tech adoption so difficult to achieve? Based on the authors’ experience working on these issues, they see five key actions business leaders can take to create a culture that will help drive better, more effective tech adoption: 1) incentivize technology use, 2) invest in infrastructure, 3) make reskilling and learning part of the plan, 4) don’t make it piecemeal, 5) and understand how governments and policy are involved.
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