Read articles about the business climate today and you will be repeatedly told that change is happening at an ever-increasing speed. Innovation, a key driver of change, is an essential requirement for any business to stay competitive. Not surprisingly, CEO’s proclaim that their most important role is to invoke change in their organization. We are […]
Although there can be countless adoption gaps found throughout your company’s various department, it is most evident whenever technology is involved. You might not realize, but each employee (including yourself) interacts with an average of 10 different technologies every day and are subjected to 30+ company changes every year. This gets overwhelming and fosters resistance to change, […]
If your experience with change management projects is similar to mine, you know that it is a painfully slow process to get everyone engaged in a new processes or systems that are being implemented. While there are some early adopters, most users tend to drag out the change for as long as possible. In the […]
“People generally are going about learning in the wrong ways.” State Peter C Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel, authors of Make It Stick. “But there’s a catch: the most effective learning strategies are not intuitive.” After Roediger and McDanirl, along with a team of 9 others, won an award for “Applying Cognitive […]
Modern Learners are overwhelmed, distracted and impatient. They are untethered, on-demand, collaborative and empowered. What does this mean for your employees? First and foremost, this means that your employees need shorter learnings that work within their busy schedule and focus on long-term recall for better outcomes and realization of profits. Traditional Training was prominent in the Industrial […]
Customer loyalty is powerful. Customer passion for your solution is gold. Why have brands like Apple been so successful that their customers will line up for hours in front of an Apple store to buy their products? Yes, their designs are cool, but Apple’s long history of passionate customers has much more to do with […]
Recently, Fivel System’s CEO, John Breakey, took a dive into the world of Cisco and Microsoft VARs to determine if the effects that Cloud has on their business. Is Cloud Finally Disrupting the Cisco and Microsoft VAR? Value-added Resellers (VAR) have been a versatile group over the years since the dawn of Microsoft and Cisco. […]
In 2017, the number of unfulfilled Canadian IT jobs will reach 71,000. This is a 24% increase from the estimated 54,000 jobs that are currently unfulfilled today (IDC report). Since technology is such an imperative and ever-growing part of a Company’s Efficiency, Growth and Innovation, it is essential for education to really focus on encouraging […]
It’s the biggest leap forward for Windows since, well, since Windows 8, actually! Windows 10 started rolling out to the public in late July of this year. A few weeks later, there are many people who’ve taken Microsoft up on their offer of a free upgrade from any version of Windows greater than (but not […]
A big question that’s been posed to us over the last year is “What is the Office 365 thing?” Well, it took some digging to get a straight answer but we found it. Microsoft offers this description on their site: Office is a suite of productivity applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and you […]