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Jim Steinlage, President & CEO of Choice Solutions, Updating disaster recovery plans, implementing much-needed automation, and protecting data have been at the top of the list for IT teams for some time, but for some organizations it never made the priority at all. Recruiting and retaining talent has been added to the list by HR for IT to help assist…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO of Choice Solutions, COVID-19 has definitely pressurized the system when it comes to IT and telecom infrastructures. It wasn’t long after state and local governments started enforcing physical distancing and shelter-in-place mandates in March of this year that networks began feeling the strain, especially those who played the game of over subscribing bandwidth. COVID-19 could…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO of Choice Solutions, In many ways, the organizational shock waves and changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic are still unknown, but one thing for sure is that it has forced organizations to become more versatile and open-minded. Many organizations have transitioned to entirely remote operations, while others that were considered essential moved quickly to…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO of Choice Solutions, It’s possible when we looked back at the COVID-19 pandemic it will be viewed as the time when how people work fundamentally changed. There’s no denying the immediate impact has been massive. The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders have made employees working from home the new normal for more than 80%…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO of Choice Solutions, By 2025, the managed IT services industry is expected to be valued at $356.24 billion, as published by Arne Holst in a March 2, 2020 Statista report. This is an increase of more than 70% over their 2019 valuation. IT-related processes including cloud computing, IT infrastructure, and managed IT security, as well…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO of Choice Solutions AI-driven processes are positioned to disrupt existing business models in ways little imagined just a few years ago. AI will soon enjoy widespread use to improve quality, speed, and functionality while driving revenue growth. One area that has created some of this demand is employee recruiting, retention, and enhancement. Those expectations have…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO Choice Solutions People-Centric Design There’s no greater organizational asset than your people, and HR will be tasked with recruiting and retaining them with a significant shortage coming and upon us. Designing the future of work will require stretching the imagination and tapping into human needs and wants. Human-centered design will give companies the opportunity to…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO Choice Solutions Technology Today Technology is often viewed as a way to enable and facilitate information and resources. Ultimately, technology must be used to guide employees and help them focus on the tasks at hand. It would seem reasonable to assume technology would simplify the workday and free people from overloaded inboxes, constant notifications, fragmentation,…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO Choice Solutions “The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different,” Peter Drucker once said. BusinessWeek called him “the man who invented management” but he often referred to himself as a “social ecologist.” Born in 1909, Drucker was light years ahead of his contemporaries in pushing ideas like: Who is your customer?…

Jim Steinlage, President & CEO Choice Solutions Change leaders are seldom found solely in the C-suite, however top-level involvement is essential to organizational change. Companies should not underestimate IT & HR’s role in facilitating transformations that benefit both employees and the bottom line. The Accelerating Pace of Change In a world where digital transformations are happening at an unprecedented level, businesses find themselves overhauling…