Restoring Success: Don’t Let Technology Replace the Need for Knowledge and Understanding
In all of the disciplines and functions that we employ technology, we must be cautious of overlooking the need to understand what the technology is doing
Don’t let the “app for that”allow you to lose sight of the basics. As software, apps and tools have given us the ability to increase efficiencies and quality; we must be careful to not allow our organization to become complacent. These technological advancements are tools and should not replace the need for knowledge and understanding.
In school, we are not allowed to use calculators until certain and specific points in our education. Why? You still have to know the basics. 20/5 = X. You know the answer in a split second. Moisture mapping, inventories, accounting, scheduling, estimating, human resources and the list goes on and on of functions that have apps and/or software to help facilitate. These are wonderful tools and, in fact, we must be certain to take full advantage of them in our operations. Not only are these tools that can have a positive impact on quality, consistency and efficiencies in your operation, they raise the bar of expectations. File sharing and “logging on” is going to be the normal expectation for all of our functions in the coming years.