Three ways to help you embrace the digital transformations of 2018
Another year gone, a new year begun, and the world continues to change with the rapid changes in the digital atmosphere. It seems as if there is something new to look forward to every moment of every day. Change however has always been a difficult aspect in life, in whatever form it comes in. Be it technological or otherwise, we humans find it hard to embrace change right off the bat. With the New Year hype going around still, this becomes the perfect opportunity to swing by the digital restructurings for the New Year on everyone. Making them the New Year’s resolutions of the organisation and its employees. Let the New Year spirit strengthen the changes to come and help everyone embrace it positively.
Talk it out
When it comes to change everything should be backed by solid explanation as to why it is so, making way to the conversations that may arise on dissatisfactions or questions on why it was necessary. Open up a friendly conversation and explain the benefits with the down sides to the changes yet to come. Leave the floor open for discussions that may occur, concerns raised or suggestions brought out. Creating the perfect ground for open communication to occur helping the organisation tackle the concerns that may arise during the process, avoiding any dissatisfaction or discomforts.
Encourage research
The entire digital sphere is made up of little pockets of research, trial and error. Those pushing boundaries are those that an organisation craves at times where change is near. Give employees the opportunity to break the limitation and discover the possibilities and opportunities that may lie beneath the changes. Changes can start from the employees themselves, when they feel that things could get better within the workspace or for the organisation as a whole. Let the employees take initiative in suggesting changes, or identifying possible digital transformation possibilities that are to take place within the organisation.
Improve engagement
Experiences make adapting to change easier and with higher engagement employees can get involved with the digital transformation process. The hands on knowledge and experiences creates a sense of comfort in the events of change. Being involved in the process of transformation brings in the element of confidence as each detail over the process gets run by those that will be affected by the changes. To those that are looking forward to an exciting and challenging New Year this becomes an opportunity to venture out into experiencing new things in the New Year.
Embracing new things becomes something foreign, strange and alienating to many, regardless of the generation we belong to. This comes with the knowing that the comfortable ways are no longer practiced, as everything takes a different look. With the increasing speed of technology taking over every aspect of our lives, change becomes somewhat part of the day to day. Until we become completely immune to this and learn to embrace it, these simple ways will help give that extra nudge towards the many changes yet to come with the digital spread. The transformations that comes with technology brings in many surprise elements to the workplace that clarify the route to success and it all begins from the minds of those that make it possible.
