And given the logarithmic change of electronic, software and computer technology for the last 75 years, A LOT MORE will happen in the next 18 months…
Last I wrote for TI Especialistas, Augusto was getting married and I was preparing for mine. TI Especialistas had 28,000 visitors every month (now 80,000+) and my own blog was changing from a hobby to a professional blog with 2000 visitors every month (now 53,000+)…
But that is hardly a drop in the pond of what has changed in 3 years… And what will change in the next 18 months…
What — you ask — will be changing?
Well, does it really matter if you are not prepared to change you first?
This applies to all generations, not just elders…
Already some of the young generation are becoming overwhelmed with the changes and losing confidence in their abilities to remain competitive.
Already, those whose profession is to be the thought leaders, remain on the front of the curve and share what will be happening next are discovering much has already happened by the time they have their next focus prepared… Their ability to practice their profession is finally being challenged by the rate of change of technology… For those not sure what this means, our thought leaders usually guide the industry to what to do next, the are the pilot of the boat… And the pilots are not getting their information quick enough…
This also means something else — our rate of education, both formal and informal, has to keep pace — and it is falling behind faster than technology is growing…
Read that again and think about the consequences:
Our rate of education, both formal and informal, has to keep pace — and it is falling behind faster than technology is growing…
If you don’t change with change you will soon be left behind — in other words, you will be seeing the taillights of technology created by those who are keeping pace… Not a very comfortable place to be as now you’re focused not on innovation as they are and you should be but on some how keeping the number of taillights to a minimum…
Think about this quote from Albert Einstein…
“We cannot solve the problems we have
using the same thinking
we used to create them.”
If you know anything about Einstein, you know he was talking from more than one level — our thinking, our disciplines, our habits, even our very beliefs need to change in order to solve the problems we have created.
Of course, no one has to do everything… Nor any of this… However, many are — which means they will be the leaders… Where will you be in this shuffle?
And unless you like looking at the technology taillights of others as they lead, as well as what is left after each and every banquet, then take heed…
Seriously…
Stop and think of what has transpired in the last 3 years…
Mobile usage has jumped from near 5 percent to more than 64 percent overall, many industries seeing as much as 80 percent or more usage of mobile
If not familiar with most of these claims, all can be easily verified by searches on Google, Lexis-Nexis, IDC, Garter, Oracle, SAP, Deloitte, Accenture, capgemini and PwC… I know as our company uses and/or subscribes to them and many more…
Well, think of it this way. How are you going to solve your problems, which are also Brazil’s problems, using the same thinking that created the current problems? What are you going to have to change to get through this?
And ‘get through this’ are the keywords — there is no getting around it, no throwing it front of the fan to disperse it, no sweeping it under the rug to hide it… It is a bull charging straight at all of us, in any country, and we can only do only one of two things…
Get out of the way (and get used to taillights) — or grab the bull by the horns and go for the ride… One will have various levels of regrets, and the other full of life…
This post is an introduction to a series of posts I will be presenting to TI Especialistas, the tagline of which is…
Why is the technology tail still wagging the person?
The series will look at many things…
There will be many more topics to share…
But I need a favor — I need to know what you need and that knowledge can be gained through your comments. I will reply, even banter with you (more to make both of us think) — all in the name of
What really matters in a world that already has a fast pace of change (and it’s probably the last thing in your thoughts)…
I will be the first to confess I don’t hold all the answers, but there are principles that I will share that work no matter what the environment, no matter what the industry, no matter how slowly or fast things change…
My last words for this installment is directed at decision makers specifically….
What we tolerate, we cannot change – that toleration can be anything… And everything.
Everything as tolerance stops change dead in its tracks — nothing improves, and most likely gets worse.
So in that sense, I am wrong, things will change when we tolerate, but almost never for the better.
Where it has changed for the better usually has been based upon the principles that will be shared in future posts, but not always, mostly very infrequently…
Otherwise, toleration has never lead change for the better, only for the worse. Reflect on this thought, it will is prevalent throughout all my content, here or elsewhere.
Looking forward to starting a new conversation here with many of you!
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