The Enemy of Digital Transformation is Short Term Thinking
“It doesn’t affect me right now, so I’ll worry about it later.”
“Let’s just handle what’s right in front of us now.”
“Can we get a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) out for the time being?”
How often are these said or thought when heading into a project? There’s no doubt that solving short term problems is a solution, but when we take a step back and review what we’ve done, can we say for sure that was the most optimal path?
Choosing the Right Path
It is the first quarter. A brand-new year with brand new business goals!
Here is an example: By the fourth quarter of 2021, we want to achieve an increase in process efficiency and shorten the time needed of our admins so they can focus on new/critical work.
In line with this, you purchase WalkMe and are ready to get right into building fantastic business solutions with it.
You recall from the demos that WalkMe can provide beautiful feature announcements (ShoutOuts) along with on-screen guidance (Smart WalkThrus). These stuck in your head and that’s what you want. Your site is going to excel at sending out weekly announcements as well as training users on how to perform processes.
Does Short Term Success = Long Term Success?
It may be what makes sense right now, but when we take a step back and look at the big picture, does what I want to build now answer my overarching business objective? In this case, it is to increase efficiency and shorten time to completion. Building ShoutOuts and Smart WalkThrus may be nice to have, but they aren’t need to haves in relation to the primary goal.
Therefore, we always need to have a clearly defined business objective that we can consistently refer back to.
So now, what should I do?
Increasing efficiency, time savings; these are keywords that fit into the concept of AUTOMATION!
By utilizing WalkMe to automate processes that are redundant, inefficient, time-consuming, or simple, we free up time for users to do important things they need to in order to increase the operational excellence of their roles.
Let Your Goal Guide You
At the end of the day, knowing what your end goal is will provide you with a North Star, a direction to always head towards. It’s not always that you need new software or different software. Sometimes, you just need to know how to use the software you have now in a way that addresses your problems, rather than having a huge suite of applications you’ll never use.
And that’s what we excel at.
GuideMe Solutions is an official WalkMe partner, with a global team of consultants and builders specializing in digital adoption. Our agile approach to the WalkMe implementation experience and focus means we work quickly and flexibly based on WalkMe best practices.
We’ll help you realize a custom structured digital adoption program to significantly boost employee performance and, as a result, organizational performance as well. Given the uncertainty and volatility of today’s economy, tomorrow’s world, and an increasing remote work setup, we can help you plan for your digital future ASAP to ensure you aren’t left behind.
Contact us today so we can get started with your digital adoption of new technology.
