Technologies that sounded impossible years ago are reality today. Automation in Business uses these technologies to improve and increase efficiency. Nowadays, automation in business is only gaining impulse and shows no signs of stopping.

“It doesn’t affect me right now, so I’ll worry about it later.”

“Let’s just handle what’s right in front of us now.”

“Can we get a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) out for the time being?”

How often are these said or thought when heading into a project? There’s no doubt that solving short term problems is a solution, but when we take a step back and review what we’ve done, can we say for sure that was the most optimal path?

We live in a world where information technology (IT) is changing our lives for the better. At the same time, technology, itself, is changing and evolving. Competition is at its peak in today’s market. Every business is trying to incorporate new technologies into their products and services to keep ahead of the competition.

Implementing effective change management is crucial to the success of a business as they navigate into the new waters of a digital transformation. Change is hard, and it is unrealistic to expect it to happen without effort. Change management is a process of identifying, choosing, and evaluating the latest technological trends that can be incorporated into different departments of the company. It is addressing the “people” side of change to achieve the desired business outcome.

The reality that has been brought upon us by the Covid-19 global pandemic is something few could have foreseen. And even fewer still could have predicted the unprecedented impact it has had on our everyday lives. Business today is anything but business as usual. We face a potentially perfect storm of changes to suppliers, customer consumption, government regulation, employees and office logistics. Those prepared for the worst had business continuity plans (BCPs) in place to allow them to keep operating during times of emergency or disaster. Yet even those with business continuity plans in place have found themselves struggling to put those plans into motion.