We need an improved watch

 


Employee retention is an essential item for all businesses. We need a new approach. The 10 year watch doesn’t work anymore. Human interactions and problem solving is the our new watch. 


The phone is an amazing invention. Over the years it played a big part in our life. Who pays for the phone and how do we use it today. Both have evolved and after the new smell fades we need to answer important questions. Who will pay for it and how can we use it to improve our life. Both items change making the phone’s utility different today than when Mr Bell invented the phone. 


Many of the technology platforms make it easier to disagree. We hide behind the technology to express negative opinions. While it is an improvement 
-we need to identify ourselves.  Working toward an agreement is essential. Stating our opinions on a technology app can be too easy.  



We need to do the research and decide what we believe. The distribution solutions are conflicted and don’t work for us or our clients. They sound good and are easy to sell, but over time they don’t work. Most don’t have the patience to wait for the answer. Scientists are more patient than sals people. 


We have too many “improved “ solutions. It’s confusing when our new watches track or sleep and steps. 


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