In the past few days, I have identified four reasons why you should consider not buying new software to improve business performance.
The first four were:
3. Less Impact on your business.
4. Fewer surprises due to new hardware/software.
Today’s entry will be:
5. Less resistance to change.
A lot has been said about resistance to change. Everybody likes to feel comfortable in their jobs. When we make major changes, like installing new software, it makes many people uncomfortable, because they can’t do their jobs as easily as they did before. When we do a job well, it is because we don’t have to think about it, we just do it. When you change the software, we have to think about what we are trying to do. When people are under pressure, this is even more difficult.
With most projects to implement software, little emphasis is placed on this issue and most people resist the change, feeling that it will be painful and they won’t get anything out of it (Things won’t be better after the software is implemented. They will be worse.) This is why they resist. They have nothing to gain.
When you look at using the software that they already use, there is less resistance. This is because people already are comfortable with the software, but they would like to find better ways to do things. When you show them how they can do the job easier with the current software, they are more open to it.
So by looking at how you can use current software more effectively, you get two benefits:
- You eliminate the negative impact of reducing productivity.
- People have an interest in learning how to use the software more effectively.
This creates a doubling effect on productivity.
Results:
3. Less Impact on your business
4. Fewer surprises due to new hardware/software.
5. Less resistance to change.
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6. You get faster results.
