Join the NextTech Revolution - and be a Learning Organisation

We are currently in a vortex of a massive shift in our daily lives out of necessity brought on by Coronavirus. 

This shift has been waiting to come... the virus has just sped it up.

One thing you can be sure of..... what your business has done in the past will need to change to ensure that you will continue survive and thrive in the new normal? 

How can you as a business get your team aligned, motivated, be innovative , and be ready for the NextTech revolution.  (ps.... we are in it!) 

Heather Macgowan is quoted in a great article that I read today (link below ) 

She says - you will have to “learn yourself into the future, and you will need to learn how to learn.” She says that to navigate ambiguity - you need to be adaptable - and that requires learning. 

Humans have an incredible ability to adapt through rewiring our brains towards new ways of thinking and behaving.

Your organisation needs to continually innovate, and be up to speed with technology, and what is happenning around you.

The new normal for the organization of the future, will have an intentionally designed (virtual) working environment with dedicated learning time, opportunities for reflection and self-awareness, support in the form of non-judgmental training, mentorship and coaching. 

For your business to stay ahead of the game of unrelenting change, your business and your people in it - need to have a culture of learning.

You will need to  create a culture of learning in your team or organization. 

COVID-19 presents an opportunity to institute behaviors and a collaborative culture of learning, growth and upskilling previously thought impossible. 

Learning is the new buzzword and skill that leaders must cultivate within their teams.

Without an ability to learn in a changing environment, employees’ existing skills and knowledge cannot be effectively leveraged in new ways that achieve outcomes. 

Learning may not help you make the perfect choice on the first try, but it does allow you to course correct actions as you go. 

Organisations who learn faster and better will win in today’s market.

Join the NextTech Revolution. We would be delighted to explore the opportunity to be your learning partner .

great article that I read today 

How you get infected- Clearest Science Demo

Managing Anxiety at Work with Denise Archie and Cassandra Parton

How to create an effective mask

Innovation at its finest

How Czechs have slowed the spread of the dread!

They keep distance

They keep clean

They wear masks when going outside - everyone does!!

It’s all about the data

There is an excellent article from from the economist talking about how government is using technology to track us to manage the virus

These apps, that people have been criticising China for , are being used to control the virus.

Google, Facebook.apple, tiktok, tencent  and a myriad of other apps can trace your activities and habits .... and because advertisers will pay to tailor ads these companies make money .

Modellers can use data from both kinds of company to fine-tune predictions of the spread of disease.

It’s a case of big brother watching you ..... so, whose big brother?

In Singapore 

How Trace Together is helping contain the virus in Singapore

TraceTogether was released on March 20th it has been downloaded by 735,000 people, or 13% of the population, 

TraceTogether has been designed by the Singapore government which can retrospectively identify close-ish contacts of people who come down with covid-19.

How it works

When two users of this new app, called TraceTogether, are within two metres of each other their phones get in touch via Bluetooth. If the propinquity lasts for 30 minutes both phones record the encounter in an encrypted memory cache. When someone with the app is diagnosed with the virus, or identified as part of a cluster, the health ministry instructs them to empty their cache to the contact-tracers, who decrypt it and inform the other party. It is especially useful for contacts between people who do not know each other, such as fellow travellers on a bus, or theatre-goers.

In China

Start with an app that sends coherent health and travel data to a central registry, as China’s Health Check purports to. Then add sufficiently smart and powerful number-crunching for the system to be able to find all the places where two people’s histories cross. When someone gets sick, the system can then alert all the other users whose paths that user crossed.

For this to happen - there needs to be a collation of data 

In Korea

The system allowing contract tracers to pull data in automatically through a “smart city” dashboard collating information on those who tested positive - and their families and workers. This data-request system was put into operation on March 16th. Korean news reports say that the automation has reduced contact-tracing time from 24 hours to ten minutes.

In Israel

On March 16th Israel’s government authorised Shin Bet, the internal security service, and the police to use their technical know-how to track and access the mobile phones of those who have been infected.

In Australia

Last night the Australian government released an App to track the virus and share information.

435,000 people have downloaded so far , and the PM is encouraging all to download it .

The war on Data

The use of data becomes dangerous when it moves beyond direct tracking of individuals for the purpose of fighting the virus.

Has this war on privacy been lost years ago? 

Great Insite into why you should be ITIL 4 certified

Cass Parton of Nexttech - www.nexttech.edu.au  interviews Scott Tunn on how to prepare and manage processes - so that we are not caught wanting in the next crisis 

Scott shares with us how ITIL4 process Management is critical in times of a Pandemic and why it is critical for every Service Manager to be ITIL4 certified 

Scott Tunn .... “without understanding the principles of ITIL .... it’s like putting a jigsaw piece together without the picture” 

- ITIL 4 is a 2 day globally accredited course 

- Business and Process Management for IT Personnel and every manager who looks after Services

Where to from here?

Here is a video of the full interview 

www.nexttech.edu.au