Are you a digital hybrid?

• Don’t underestimate the power of having both a digital and non-digital mentality. It will help you design better business processes that require a combination of manual and automated components.
• Use this digital/non-digital understanding to your professional advantage by using it to effectively communicate with people of both technical and non-technical orientations.
• Don’t cling to old technologies just because you’re comfortable with them. Be willing to step outside your comfort zone and dive headfirst into new technologies if it has professional advantage.
• Don’t be intimidated by new industry-changing technological advances. They may be less intuitive to you because it’s not your first technology, but once understood, you will be in an ideal position to interface this new technology with existing mainstream products.

In closing, regardless of your technical orientation, now that you are familiar with the concept of Digital Hybrids, use this knowledge to better understand the people you work with and how to best communicate with them on technology related topics.

If you have any questions about your career in IT, please email me at
eric@ManagerMechanics.com or find me on Twitter at @EricPBloom.

Until next time, work hard, work smart, and continue to build your professional brand.

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