Working with CHRO’s and HR and IT leaders around the world is constantly interesting. As technology changes and business drivers change, so does the expectation of leaders 
that vendors are following these changes in lockstep. While the assumption may be correct and many are, what leaders forget is to continually gauge what their audience (workforce, applicant pool, retirees) are doing and how to best deploy technology that meets them at the intersection where they spend their time (online).
A recent study from Cisco of 3800 individuals under 30 years old states that approximately 90% suffer (or gain) from “nomophobia” – the fear of a mobile-less period in time. Yes, it even has a wikipedia entry – NOMOPHOBIA! While this is not surprising, simply look around while you are reading this as to how many people are looking at their “device” – it also must be a wake-up call to anyone deploying technology in business today that these devices are the answer many of us have been looking for as to how to make technology deployments more effective and efficient.
We hear a lot about the “BYOD” – bring your own device movement yet while people are bringing their own devices, I say we should focus on the “UYOD” movement – use your own device. People are bringing them to work but we as employers are not letting them leverage them for work functions anywhere near what is possible.
As you are developing your “Workforce Technology Strategy” – you must account for the future “nomophobia” that we will all face (or are already facing if you are like me) combined with the BYOD movement and realize, mobile is no longer a “nice to have”. Mobile is no longer a phase 2. Mobile is no longer a “perk”. Mobile is here, is not going anywhere, and the sooner we begin to pilot its usage, the more efficient and adopting our workforce will be performing today and future functions.
Lets stop worrying about the 1% that don’t want to use this kind of technology and focus on the 99% that do. The sooner we focus on the majority and stop the continual excuse making around the exception, the better we will all be as an industry.
Do you suffer from “nomophobia”? Let me know.
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