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So how do you get started introducing smart tech within your own organization? Here are a few initial steps you can take:
Identifying Key Pain Points: These should focus on areas where smart tech can take over rote tasks that can streamline unmanageable workloads and reduce worker stress. Outline exactly what tasks and decision-making people will retain and what tasks will be automated when the system is implemented. This includes identifying how automation will be supervised by someone with subject matter expertise.
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Make sure the product or system you choose will create the right human-tech balance. Ensure that the assumptions built into the smart tech align with your values. And be sure that the tasks that require empathy and intuition will be assigned to people, while tasks such as data entry or analyzing ...
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Step carefully and slowly, because it can be difficult to undo the harms of automation once the smart tech is in place. Pilot test the new system and workflow to ensure that your hopes and assumptions are correct.
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The Trevor Project is an example of what we call a "Smart Nonprofit" - an organization that has stepped carefully and wisely into automation by understanding "cobotting," the combination of people and smart tech that brings out the best in both.
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