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srufolo1
srufolo1
11/15/2017 10:41:51 PM
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Re: Digital World Accept it or not
@elizabethv I'm laughing about your 80-year-old father who applied for and got a job without even having an email address or knowledge of how to use the computer. May I ask if they are still hiring? Every job I apply for tells me I am not qualified.

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afwriter
afwriter
11/15/2017 1:32:01 PM
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Re: Digital World Accept it or not
That is definitely weird, you would think that they would at least show up in Yellow Pages online even if they didn't have their own website. Maybe it's a front company?

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Ariella
Ariella
11/15/2017 9:56:40 AM
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Re: Digital World Accept it or not
<"It's not just telcos competing with telcos, the lines between those different segments of the business, different segments of the marketplace, are getting blurred every day. >

@Mike this is a key point! I'm sure that if you would have described how  today's telco businesses operate to just about anyone a decade ago, they would have recognized it as a telecom at all.

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elizabethv
elizabethv
11/15/2017 8:16:09 AM
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Re: Digital World Accept it or not
@afwriter - I think you're exactly right about the kind of company that won't survive the need to keep up with digital demands. It isn't a telco company, but there is a local plumbing resource company here in Denver, and I'm curious about the kind of business they do. My husband and I drove by it, so we decided to try to figure out how to get there (because we saw it from the freeway.) But I literally couldn't find it on Google. I didn't even know there was anything you couldn't find on Google. I tried every variation of the company's name (according to their sign) into Google, and came up with nothing. Maybe they have a niche clientele and Google isn't necessary for that clientele. Maybe they do great business. We did figure out how to get over there, but they were closed and I have no idea what their sales look like. But I think I'm still flabbergasted that they weren't on the internet.

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elizabethv
elizabethv
11/15/2017 7:35:13 AM
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clrmoney - You're not kidding about the older generation, or applications. My Dad is nearly 80 and decided he needed a new job. But every job required he apply online with an email address. He had to go to the library and have a helpful librarian help him create an email address and fill out the applications. After he got the job, there was a training he had to do on the computer. He refused. His manager talked him through the whole thing and selected all the responses he gave her. She even had to save his password in his file, because he told her he'll never remember it. He's very obviously got a pretty understanding manager. He's very obviously a cankanterous old man. Lol. 

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srufolo1
srufolo1
11/15/2017 12:31:04 AM
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Keep Up or Die
The participants on the panel made the message clear: Either adapt and keep up or become irrelevant. No one likes change, and it's easy to stay in that comfort zone, but digital transformation is happening quickly and customers are demanding all kinds of different things today. It truly is the Internet of Everything.

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DHagar
DHagar
11/14/2017 5:57:40 PM
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Re: Digital World Accept it or not
@afwriter, I am with you on this.  I think, however, there will be the temptation on other large companies to hold onto their legacy and profit-making technologies they have been successful with and slow to abandon and shift to the full digital transformations.

I really like his vision, especially the recognition that it will require leadership, not just adoption, to truly remain competitive.  I think that will distinguish the companies.

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afwriter
afwriter
11/14/2017 5:35:00 PM
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Re: Digital World Accept it or not
I feel like most major companies are getting on board, but it will be interesting to see if at least one big company dies thanks to a refusal to transform. I am guessing it will be more mid-sized and smaller businesses who think that the old way is working so there is no reason to change. 

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clrmoney
clrmoney
11/14/2017 4:45:41 PM
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Digital World Accept it or not
I think that almost everyone is on baord with the digital world.especially the young crew but the older generation.is stillost or they don't care for this new age technology. We have come along way from doing like paper appllications in person for jobs now everything is almost digital or online internet. I think it is mostly positive and maybe some negatives to it.

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