As
influential Irene entered the dispatch department this hot July afternoon all
that she heard was the tapping of keyboards.
The energy felt like a controlled, almost clinical environment. It wasn't that many years ago when the sense
of chaos, wrapped in genuine human concern for our clients, filled the room
with a much different feeling. Could it
be that our ambitions to become more efficient, by leveraging technology has
simply created a reason for us not to communicate verbally with one
another? Hasn't the idea all along been
centered around our ability to spend more time with our customers? Making each
and every one of them feel as if they are our most important client? Certainly I'm not suggesting we go back to
big chief tablets and number two pencils.
Yet, we need to reflect and strike a balance between digitization and
delivery.
By pure
coincidence, avid Andy was composing a memo attempting to give his opinion,
without trying to be dogmatic, on the topic of "convergence of connected
systems and company culture".
Andy's outline may provide some perspective for your organizations:
- digital information, in its perfect form, provides the user with perspective and context; when combined with intuition and empathy, facilitates meaningful and relevant interactions
- efficiencies gained from the application of technology should be directly applied to enhancing customer interactions
- at no point should digital communication become a shield when faced with delivering bad news
- focus on non-value added human tasks when fitting digital tools to your business
The
digital era is ending and we are entering into pure digital transformation. In
order to be ready, we must be willing to change and transform ways that we
think about our businesses. The first
step is the realization that being connected is not synonymous with connecting.
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