The digital age brought expansion of IT services allowing productivity to soar alongside profitability, let us do more with less, collaborate regardless of location, and overcome roadblocks and challenges with Hexagon EAM for business success.
However, there is also a growing concern—that IT and digital innovations are moving too fast, getting too big, destroying privacy. There is worry regarding modern technology, that the more it is allowed to expand and evolve, the more that we as people are threatened.
Is Technology a Tool or a Weapon?
Techlash is a relatively new phenomenon that points to a growing distaste amongst consumers toward Big Tech—the Googles, Apples, Facebooks, and Amazons of the world, to name a few. It also refers to opposition over the power and influence that large tech companies have on our lives and their ability to control information, our potential reactions, as well as our behavior.
We know that this makes it sound as if Big Tech is some sort of “Digital Boogie Man.” And yes, there are valid concerns about privacy, tech addiction, monopolistic behavior, and the spreading of misinformation by some of these companies. However, for the sake of this article, let’s talk about how technology should be considered a catalyst for positive change, and how innovation is really a compass leading us to the future.
Technology + COVID-19
One only needs to look at recent events to understand how technology has allowed our society to successfully navigate COVID-19. Imagine what our country and the world would have looked like if video conferencing, mobile connectivity, and the Internet didn’t exist? How would any business have pivoted if the idea of working remotely wasn’t an option?
Here at DigitalThinker, we can attest that we have never been busier. While some may be frowning on how technology creates distance between us and impacts the humanness of our relationships, there is a startling juxtaposition. Hexagon EAM was literally a game changer for many of our clients—and now, many other organizations have come to us realizing that embracing technology and the Hexagon EAM platform is the only way they can ensure their survival in this “new normal.” COVID has challenged us to change, and the companies who accept reinvention will be the ones who will still be around in the future.
Hexagon EAM Empowers
Obviously, we are advocates of Hexagon EAM and the ways that it can help companies work smarter. But even outside of that, this valuable technology tool empowers employees, promotes transparency and collaboration, allows for the free flow of information, lowers overhead costs, and provides for improved work/life balance—amongst many other benefits. And these are all going to be important as we continue to move away from brick and mortar.
In closing, technological luddites might be able to list myriad reasons how varied platforms are ruining our lives. However, those voices, while they may be loud, are likely to be dwindling. This is a time to learn, grow, and harness the power that technology—and especially Hexagon EAM—provides. That is, unless you want to go the way of the dinosaurs—and we know how that turned out.
For more information on how Hexagon EAM can help you connect to work, from your home, your office, or anywhere else on the globe—reach out to DigitalThinker today.