Embracing change isn’t easy, but it is the way forward
IBM President Thomas Watson once said, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
Watson went on to head the world’s largest computer company and would have been up with industry trends, yet he still made that famous clanger.
Clearly, even when you’re at the heart of something, it’s easy to miss the big picture.
The world is ever-changing, and with change comes opportunity.
Recently, I heard about a report titled 100 Jobs of the Future, the result of a collaboration between Deakin University, Griffith University and Ford Australia.
The report identified 100 new occupations that could emerge in the future and everything from technological advances, climate change, globalisation to an ageing population influenced roles across sectors.
These types of studies don’t happen by accident, they’re in response to recognised societal shifts. One thing that’s for certain though – from an auto industry perspective, your service providers are actively adapting to a brave new world.
That’s good news for you as a consumer.
It means that your mobility needs – from buying, maintaining, repairing to disposing of your ride – will continue to be looked after into the future.
I will leave the last word on innovation to a man who, by his own admission, was nothing special – he just saw opportunities where others didn’t. His name is Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft. “Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much, to so many, in so short a time.”
Now, that one sounds about right.
Words: VACC CEO, Geoff Gwilym. As featured in the Herald Sun 18 October 2019.
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