Technology Adoption Problem
From the Emerging Technologies Blog
by Kevin Coleman
UPDATED MAY 2020 - This blog will appear monthly from now on. Today, all organizations depend on technological innovation in order to sustain their existence. Analysis of emerging technologies and identification of those technologies with the greatest potential is essential to being prepared for upcoming projects. The objective of this blog is to establish future oriented technology analysis and insights. This blog was established to provide program and project managers with information about these emerging technologies. These emerging technologies have far reaching repercussions for program and project managers. This blog will jump-start the learning process and allow program and project managers to become proactive.
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Earlier this year, Forbes published an article titled, “Today's Companies Have a Technology Adoption Problem, Not an Innovation Problem.” By most accounts they are correct. As for emerging technology, some organizations don’t understand it, some believe they can’t afford it, others believe it is just not necessary. Whatever the reason, failure to monitor and adapt to emerging technology driven change is a big risk.
Leveraging these emerging technologies is necessary for any business to grow and prosper as well as for an increasing number to even survive! The following are the five most likely highly disrupted industries based on my analysis of the current state of emerging technologies. (In alphabetical order)
- Construction
- Finance & Insurance
- Government
- Healthcare
- Real-Estate
The way we live and work is changing. Emerging technologies have begun to have an intense effect on organizations large and small. There is a delicate balance that must be achieved between likely benefit(s) and the risk(s) of dealing with the new/unknown. Subject-matter Experts (SME) believe organizations need to take the first step. They commonly recommend ‘Pilot Projects’ as the best approach. Some suggest organizations seek and independent opinion from an objective third-party about the emerging technologies and or project(s). That is great advice before any organization jumps into the deep end of the emerging technology application pool. We all know what that means, more pilot programs and projects coming into our offices and being laid on our desks. Given the current workloads, resource shortages and increased expectations with regard to accelerating the delivery pace, the existing demand and overload sure looks like it will continue to increase with little regard to PM workload.
Insight: Douglas Rushkoff, American Journalist said, “When things begin accelerating wildly out of control, sometimes patience is the only answer. Press pause.”
Posted on: October 31, 2019 09:48 AM |
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Luis Branco
CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª
Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Kevin
Interesting reflection
Thanks for sharing
I am convinced that in the sectors you refer to, companies have to do something
Of course, some will get in the way
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change"
Charles Darwin
Very interesting., thanks for sharing
Georgia Harris
GLH Project Manager| Independent Consultant
Pa, United States
I am thinking that Tech disruption will not slow down any time soon. Also, I am not really happy about more pilot projects being added to my existing assignments. The challenges this will place on project managers are substantial.
Deepesh Rammoorthy
ICT Project Manager ( PMP®AgilePM®Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®))| Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Tarneit, Vic, Australia
The Technical experts within the team need to be more in sync with the latest technologies .
The PM is just the conductor of an orchestra. If there is no team , there is no PM .
Provided the PM can get all the Human capital / resources they need to run such pilot projects ,they will then be under tremendous pressure to deliver con-current projects and "pilot" projects .
I can imagine them spending a lot of time on pre-project tasks like creating Business cases for "pilot projects" , researching industry trends and interviewing stakeholders .
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Kevin
I am not sure I fully understood what you mean by highly disrupted in this context. Can you elaborate please and probably give an example on Construction since it’s ranked no. 1.
Thanks
RK
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
@ Rami think about this. We have already seen 3D printers printing 6 story buildings and homes. Now - what does that do to the current industry model? Have we begun training construction workers on how to use and operate 3D printers – no, not really. Have we looked at what this will do to the construction materials suppliers and market – no, not really. Now consider the impact of robots on construction. How about the entire SMART movement (Homes, Buildings, Roadways, Cities . . .) on the construction industry.
What is the knowledge and skills construction workers will need to operate in the future? What added knowledge and skills do electrical contractors need for the SMART movement that is underway.
The workchain impact is on materials, products, services, techniques, knowledge, skills (now for PMs) what are the tasks for the new workchain, how do we estimate what we have never done before, what challenges do we face finding the NEW skilled workers, what are the new risks and so on.
All that disrupts many of the current mental and physical models as well as the business practices and we have come comfortable with over the decades and use today.
Now think about the 16 emerging technologies that I cover and the cumulative impact all of those are beginning to have in the same context as above and you can easily see the disruption.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I hear you Kevin. I have to agree on certain things but a bit disagree on others.
Printing 3D Buildings could work, for a small house but not huge building, at least as things stands now so not sure training construction workers is of any value at this moment.
On other aspects like design using BIM, yes, now when we issue any RFP, we demand the use of Revit in design.
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
@ RAMI - While we are not at the skyscraper level yet by far, we are in the lower end of common construction - houses and buildings - take a look at this video (a 5 story apartment building) and it was way back in 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbqfWN-9zHE
Check out this house
https://www.hiveforhousing.com/design/residential/worlds-first-freeform-3d-printed-house-on-its-way_c
Just imagine where the state of practice is now! MOre later if I can get approval to publish something I have been allowed to see.
I had not stopped and thought through this as was just done here. We should come up with a term that is beyond disruption and start using it when the impact is as was talked about here.
Khai Ng.
IT PMO | IT Project Manager| TTGROUP
Hanoi, Viet Nam
Thank you for sharing! I think most companies are Adopters and some are Innovators or Creators. Technology is changing so fast that knowledge about specifics can quickly become obsolete; some did not have chance to mature and quickly replaced by the newcomers so that adopters are now more careful when considering to apply the new ones.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Kevin, this is impressive. Thank you for sharing - Ive seen those before but what I meant is it is way to go before they get into complex building, highrises, doing it in countries like North American especially the East Coast with harsh weather conditions in Winter so we shall wait and see. What's coming will be very exciting on so many fronts.
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
@ Rami - The difference in China's weather conditions is far greater than the U.S. so that is a great test bed for us to watch! It has the greatest climate differences from one side of the country to the other of any single country. Here is a great web site about it if you are interested.
https://www.chinahighlights.com/weather/china-weather-facts.htm
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
@ Rami - perhaps some day we should jump on the phone and talk about the use of this and other technologies in North America/Canada.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Kevin: that would be a great idea, we should that some day. Cheers !
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
@ Rami - perhaps some day we should jump on the phone and talk about the use of this and other technologies in North America/Canada.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Kevin, Not sure that the weather is that different in Canada than that in China but yes there are extremes. I lived in China, Shanghai, for almost 3 years.
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
@Rami - China's issue is that is so large (just under the size of the U.S. the weather patterns vary greatly. Here are China's average temperature ranges - from -13 °C (9 °F) in January to 25 °C (77 °F) in July; in summer, it can sometimes exceed 40 °C (104 °F), while in winter it can plunge to -30 °C (-22 °F).
Now for the U.S. - averages of annual temperatures range from a high of 70.7 degrees Fahrenheit (21.5 degrees Celsius) in Florida to a low of 26.6 °F (-3.0 °C) in Alaska.
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