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Top Companies Understand The Pressing Need To Reskill Workers: Do You?

Top Companies Understand The Pressing Need To Reskill Workers: Do You?

By Amit Patel   /   August 2, 2021

The pandemic taught us many important lessons in business, and some of these will remain long after COVID-19. One of the main ones? The importance of specific skills and expertise, especially with new and emerging technologies. During the pandemic, companies couldn’t get their hands on technology nor find people who knew how to use it […]

Are You Making These Common Automation Mistakes?

Are You Making These Common Automation Mistakes?

By Amit Patel   /   July 26, 2021

The rush toward online tools, spurred by the pandemic of the past year, has created new jobs. From email automation to data entry to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms, businesses are continually seeking ways to improve efficiency and profitability. While the trend toward automation isn’t new, COVID-19 absolutely accelerated its timeline. In fact, a recent Deloitte survey […]

COVID-19 Accelerated Companies’ Responsibility To Act With Purpose

COVID-19 Accelerated Companies’ Responsibility To Act With Purpose

By Amit Patel   /   July 19, 2021

Over the last decade, businesses have become gradually more focused on supporting good causes and displaying their goodwill publicly. But over the last year, COVID-19 forced companies to take an even closer look at how they’re truly making a difference. As the pandemic impacted employee wellbeing, company culture, and revenue, organizations could no longer ignore […]

The Human Machine Connection Can Save The Customer Experience

The Human Machine Connection Can Save The Customer Experience

By Amit Patel   /   March 15, 2021

As shelter-in-place orders rolled out across the globe, many companies were overwhelmed with customer phone calls.  But many of those calls involve time-consuming, repetitive processes that could easily be automated.  It simply doesn’t make financial sense to have hundreds of humans in contact centers answering customer phone calls or responding to online chats that could […]

How Drones Will Impact The Supply Chain Long Before They Deliver Pizza

How Drones Will Impact The Supply Chain Long Before They Deliver Pizza

By Amit Patel   /   March 8, 2021

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – or drones – are being reported as the next big thing in-home delivery services but they are already being used extensively for surveying land, mining, farming, military applications, environmental work, research, and photography.  Today there are more than 1.7 million drones registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), over half […]

The Long Tail Impact Of Autonomous Driving

The Long Tail Impact Of Autonomous Driving

By Amit Patel   /   March 1, 2021

Developments in autonomous driving are moving at a rapid pace with expectations that cars will soon be able to handle the majority of the driving and complex situations, without human intervention.  What has yet to be developed extensively is full automation where there is no driver whatsoever.  Once this happens, transportation as we know it […]

3D Printing Can And Will  Change Your Business

3D Printing Can And Will Change Your Business

By Amit Patel   /   February 22, 2021

In the last few years, 3D printing has been touted as the next cool thing, with promises of it revolutionizing industries.  While the focus has mostly been on manufacturing, the truth is that 3D printing will touch on almost every part of business, even reaching into space. So what is 3D printing and why should […]

The Thinking Factory Is Here … And It’s Smarter Than You

The Thinking Factory Is Here … And It’s Smarter Than You

By Amit Patel   /   February 15, 2021

Smart factories, warehouses, and facilities not only use automation or software to simplify and process tedious tasks, but can also self-optimize, self-adapt, and learn from the condition in order to constantly improve.  It’s the learning and self-optimizing that sets it apart from a standard factory.  Both Alibaba and Amazon are great examples of this. They […]

Get Ready For The Robot Invasion – It’s All Good!

Get Ready For The Robot Invasion – It’s All Good!

By Amit Patel   /   February 8, 2021

Robots have already been successful in commercial situations, manufacturing, and the workplace, but the most exciting developments are still to come – robots as care-givers, civic robots, and even family members.  As deep learning and AI improve, so will the ability of robots to reason, make decisions, and maybe even empathize. Pre-COVID-19, Robotics, and automation […]

Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your Job … If It Hasn’t Already

Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your Job … If It Hasn’t Already

By Amit Patel   /   February 1, 2021

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in some form has been around us for decades.  Already, AI is in many cars, is part of manufacturing, the medical field, finance, mobility, and more.  AI is not going away and for that matter, neither are pandemics like COVID-19, which is why leaders need to think about their business will be […]

Banks Get Personal

Banks Get Personal

By Amit Patel   /   January 25, 2021

As the global pandemic shows no sign of abating, banks around the world are beginning to realize that they’re in this for the long haul.  For many industries, especially banking, the timing seems right to introduce new digital technologies.  However, it shouldn’t be at the expense of the personal touch.  If anything, it’s an opportunity […]

Branch 2.0: How Branch Reinvent Post-Pandemic

Branch 2.0: How Branch Reinvent Post-Pandemic

By Amit Patel   /   January 18, 2021

As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease around the country, banks are heading back to work, some with clear plans and others less so.   As offices and branches get back into action, albeit at a lower capacity, how can banks create a workplace that both empowers employees, and keeps them and the customers safe?  More importantly, […]

Out With Old Banking Models, In With The New

Out With Old Banking Models, In With The New

By Amit Patel   /   January 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced every single industry to make fast changes to their businesses.  Dine-in restaurants are offering take-out services, retailers have upped the game on curbside pick-up, and fitness clubs are providing virtual trainers and outdoor classes.  Beyond delivery and operational changes, businesses should be taking the longer view, using this time to […]

Banks Going All In On Digital; What We Can Learn

Banks Going All In On Digital; What We Can Learn

By Amit Patel   /   January 4, 2021

Traditional banks have struggled to get their arms around the new generation of online-only banks and digital financial services that millennials love.  Without the need for expensive retail store-fronts, easy-to-use mobile apps, and better offerings, it’s easy to see why the cell phone generation is abandoning old-style financial institutions for a better alternative.  And it’s […]

Change Or Be Changed

Change Or Be Changed

By Amit Patel   /   December 28, 2020

Organizations around the world are struggling with market uncertainty, economic disruption, organizational change, political uncertainty, and now a global pandemic.  To survive, organizations have no choice but to transform, lest they fall behind and become extinct. It is almost inconceivable that billion dollar businesses such as Border’s Books, Blockbuster Video, Circuit City, and Radio Shack […]

One Size Definitely Does Not Fit All

One Size Definitely Does Not Fit All

By Amit Patel   /   December 21, 2020

The demand for deep, sustainable change in organizations is being driven hard by forces coming from all directions… and it’s only going to get worse.  Today’s organizations have no choice but to transform, innovate, and find new ways to enhance profitability if they’re to stave off competition, keep shareholders happy, and do it faster with […]

The Best Time For Change Is Now

The Best Time For Change Is Now

By Amit Patel   /   December 14, 2020

With so much in the world-changing daily – our work, economics, education, shopping, travel, socializing, consumer behavior – it may be difficult to understand why I’m suggesting that now might be the perfect time to make yet another change. Many companies were caught off-guard when the pandemic hit, unprepared for the violent disruption it would […]

The Secrets To Overcoming Resistance To Change

The Secrets To Overcoming Resistance To Change

By Amit Patel   /   December 7, 2020

In my last post, I wrote about the reasons why people within organizations are unwilling to change, but what’s missing from this picture is an understanding of how to overcome their resistance to change.  Changing hearts and minds while implementing a successful transformational change within an organization can be a long journey but with the […]

Despite COVID-19, Three Reasons Your Organization Won’t (Or Can’t) Change

Despite COVID-19, Three Reasons Your Organization Won’t (Or Can’t) Change

By Amit Patel   /   November 30, 2020

As we head into the seventh month of our new reality – longer in some countries – many organizations are still struggling to cope with the rapidly changing business environment.  Meanwhile, other organizations have been quick to adapt, innovate, and embrace the new way of doing business.  Why is that? Whether it’s a forced change […]

In A World Turned Upside-Down, Six Reasons Why Small Is Beautiful

In A World Turned Upside-Down, Six Reasons Why Small Is Beautiful

By Amit Patel   /   November 23, 2020

In A World Turned Upside-Down, Six Reasons Why Small Is Beautiful COVID-19 has turned everything upside down. Businesses and their leaders face unprecedented challenges, and are having to make tough and unpalatable decisions just to keep things afloat. Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) have undoubtedly been disproportionately affected, but larger organizations have not been immune. […]