The Importance of Training when Introducing New Technologies

Guest Blog by Joseph S. Barone, Network Bethesda

A recent Office Depot/OfficeMax Survey of over 1000 employees in the US asked the question:  How can employers better introduce new technologies?  
Here is how they responded:

• Provide more training (69%)
• Provide more IT support staff (44%)
• Increase the amount of time to adapt to new technologies (36%)
• Introduce new technologies less frequently (16%)
• Introduce fewer technologies overall (12%).

Although there is much to unpack here, with each of these, I want to take a little time on the first response: Provide more training.
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