• When was the last time you used the yellow pages (yes I mean that big yellow stack of paper, not the website)?
• Have you ever sent or received a text message?
• Check out this Youtube clip
However, on a business front, we do have some choice in how rapidly we adopt technology. We can resist and deal with the consequences just like Borders Books and the growing list of other casualties, OR we can embrace technology and use it to our advantage.
As an example, when I started in the accounting industry we did use computers (I am not that old), but we also had stacks of these huge paper files for each and every client. The storage room for this mass of paperwork was a very real issue. We no longer have paper files – it is all electronic. The multiple folders on my desk have been replaced by multiple screens:
Further back in our blog you will see us talking about XERO which is probably the single biggest revolution in accounting that I have seen in my career, but it is not the only technological change upon us and tomorrow there will more than likely be something else new.
Keeping at the forefront of technological change is not always easy, but it does leverage us to be able to complete the same work more efficiently, more accurately and in new ways or locations.
We would love to talk to you about how your business can utilise technology to become more efficient, save money, reach more customers in new ways, sell more goods or services at better margins and make more money. If this is of no interest to you then please do not contact us, there are plenty of other businesses who will.
AUTHOR: Patrick Rush