For the future office on the Sunshine Coast, the need for digital transformation technology data is expanding. With new businesses and schools emerging, the office needs to future-proof itself to be ready for the digital workplace.
The team at Sunshine Coast Business Centre are always updating skills and equipment. It is crucial for us to keep ahead of the ever-evolving technologies available on the market.
The focus is future proofing your business. We are locally owned and operated and invest our experience in small businesses. Print Solutions, 3D printing, Interactive panels, Video Conferencing and digital signage all require innovative tech help.
Digital transformation is the future of your business.
How can the latest innovative tech help future-proof your small business?
With technology advancements taking place more quickly than before, businesses are compelled to continually refine their work processes. Companies that prioritise their digital transformation strategy are better positioned to stay ahead. This is achieved by swiftly adopting these new technologies and adapting their work methods accordingly.
In this blog post, we reveal some ways in which the latest innovative technology can help future-proof your small business.
What does it mean to make sure your business is future-proofed?
Future-proofing your business means designing or changing something so it continues to be useful even if things change in future. It’s not easy for small and medium businesses to improve their products, services, exceed customer expectations and keep staff happy.
Budgets force them to strategise before choosing technology to make the money spent on tech go as far as possible. As a result, this changes the way they choose which technologies to use.
How do small businesses prioritise their technology investment?
According to Entrepreneur.com, “Small Businesses” can be categorised loosely into one of two stages of digital maturity. These are digital followers and digital leaders. Their digitalisation journeys may have different focuses.
Followers concentrate on securing their IT systems and networks, while leaders explore enterprise applications for enhanced digitalisation.”
Entrepreneur.com also identified that SMBs are preferring to prioritise investment in API architecture, infrastructure and data centres, and edge computing. This again leaves cybersecurity at the bottom of the list.
But innovative technology for the Future Office is only useful when people use it
As a leader, what should you do in order to promote innovation tech adoption? It’s important to prioritise a people-centred approach as the foundation of your future office digital transformation (DX) strategy.
By putting people at the core of the DX strategy, businesses can create an ideal environment for generating innovative ideas. For example, the automation of manual tasks and use of Artificial Intelligence can help to alleviate employees from mundane tasks. Using AI will free up their time to work on meaningful tasks that drive the business forward.
The good news is: it is not necessary to invest in completely new technology to achieve this goal. Instead, leaders should identify gaps in the technology they use, and plan to fill these gaps with cost-effective solutions that will grow with them.
This aspect of the digital transformation journey is an essential component of the resilience agenda, which is focused on innovating for people.
How can leadership in the Future Office reduce barriers to embracing new tech?
• Trial new technology. One way of reducing reluctance in the future office is to use technology. Get the teams to trial new tech before it is rolled out to get their input.
• Make training available. Then, while the tech is being rolled out, companies are more likely to succeed. Teams can access the right level of training and support when learning how to use it.
• Build a culture of innovation. Building a culture of innovation at the workplace improves resilience, technology adoption, and innovation. For example, relevant in-house or external experts can be invited to share tech talks to introduce innovation.
The team at Sunshine Coast Business Solutions are available to take you on the Future Office Sunshine Coast Digital Future-proof Technology journey. Contact them on 07 5451 7333.