The benefits of workflow automation extend beyond increased productivity, lower costs and higher efficiency. There are other positive outcomes from implementing workflow automation that do much to position your organisation for the changing world of work and changing workforce expectations.
The entry of Gen Z into the world’s workforce presents both opportunities and challenges for today’s leaders. Gen Z is digital native and expects technology to improve their work experience and not add friction to their day-to-day activities. People are not interested in undertaking mundane repetitive tasks based on the premise that this is the ‘way we have always done it.’
Workflow automation is increasing its penetration across all industries. Its ability to differentiate your business from others without automation, is narrowing as automation becomes the norm rather than the exception. Regardless, if your organisation lags in its adoption of automation, you will be well behind the pack as an attractive employer.
Workflow automation will free people of spending time undertaking low value activities. Your people will have more time to create value for your business and your customers. Automation is a key element in building workforce engagement. People feel more engaged when they spend their time at work in higher level activities and understand how their work supports strategy execution. As a leader you will support engagement by recognising people for achieving outcomes rather than completing small ‘background’ tasks.
We highly recommend you do not charge forward and begin to engage automation software vendors to assess your business requirements. The first objective of the software vendor is to sell software. Our first objective is help you identify the three most impactful core business processes that can be automated. That is where we start.
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