It’s one thing finding and implementing the right technology or digital tools for today’s challenges and another making sure these investments are fit for where your business might be in six months or three years. That’s why it is important to think about the long-term demands future changes might place on systems introduced now. Use our resources to build a technology implementation plan that is truly robust and able to evolve as you and your business do.
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Balancing your company’s digital investments
Balancing your company’s digital investments
Harvard Business Review showcases a tool that classifies all existing, planned, and potential digital investments into four categories based on an assessment of their current and future contribution to business success.
Link business trends to future needs
Link business trends to future needs
The British Library has some helpful advice around staying in touch with market and industry trends so that you're making decisions now that will stand up to evolution in the future.
How other businesses have tackled something similar

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Considering new technology? Be curious and experiment
A curious approach to adopting technology has played a big role in helping evaporative cooler manufacturer EcoCooling expand by 150-200 per cent year-on-year for the last decade..
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Be pragmatic about technology to align investments with business needs
Translation service Locale used customer feedback to kickstart its thinking about new developments and ensure they fit genuine business needs..
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