AFFECTING CULTURAL CHANGE – Becoming so skilled

       Become so skilled and valuable. Whatever you do, do not become complacent or stagnant in your skill level or education. The worst disservice you could possibly do to yourself and your colleagues would be to quit acquiring new skills to keep up with new technologies and new market demands. We will in most cases always have the required skills to maintain our current systems but with the emergence of new technologies and platforms the need for these new skills will come into play. Become the “go to person”. You want to be the person that everyone comes to when there are questions to be answered and problems to be solved not only for your current systems but for any new technology explorations. Either way you should become known as the expert in your field regarding the systems you currently manage or have access to and the expert regarding any emerging technologies your department may be considering. In any case becoming so skilled will positively affect cultural change, it will inspire others to be like you!