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Institute of Technology. “Employees
need to be more agile and self-reliant
to teach themselves new techniques
and concepts to keep functioning in
a business environment that's now
operating remotely.”
He noted that with the lack of faceto
face meetings, workers need to
be more convincing in pitching new
ideas, since they lose the personal
touch.
“Technology has become the center of
it all,” he added. “We need to be digitally
savvy and to adapt to technology
very quickly.”
Raj Devasagayam, Ph.D., dean of the
School of Business at SUNY College at
Old Westbury, said that while being a
lifelong learner is key to keeping up
with the advances in technology, he
cautioned that workers should pace
themselves.
He quoted a saying commonly used
in the military: “Slow is smooth and
smooth is fast.”
“When you're planning, when you're
strategizing, slow is good,” he said.
“Once you're operational, quick is
needed.”
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Workers need to proactively learn
how to adapt to technological advances
that businesses are increasingly employing
amid the rise of telecommuting
during the coronavirus pandemic,
business and tech experts say.
That was the word from two Long Island
college deans and a tech industry
advocate who shared their expertise
in a webinar titled Tech-Agility: The
Must-Have Skill to Succeed in School
and Business, which was hosted by
Schneps Media, the parent company
of the Long Island Press.
“This has always been important as
technology has really permeated all
aspects of business and all businesses
have had to adopt technology in one
form or another,” said Paul Trapani,
president of Long Island Software &
Technology Network (LISTnet).
But the COVID-19 crisis that forced
many businesses to have employees
work from home accelerated the pace
at which new technology has been
used in the workplace, the experts say.
To keep up with the changes, workers
need to be constantly learning.
“Working from home has brought a
whole bunch of new paradigms with
it,” said Babak D. Beheshti, Ph.D.,
dean of the College of Engineering
and Computing Sciences at New York
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