Clouds and The Internet of Things: Increasing EHS and Quality Program Adoption with Technology

Worker engagement and adoption is a common topic of discussion when EHS professionals gather to discuss their environment, health, safety and quality (EHSQ) program success. It makes sense too. The value you get out of any health and safety management or quality management program is only as good as the people (and the number of people) who use it. The more people across your organization understanding and participating in the program, the more successful it will be.

Likewise, from a technology standpoint, the data and potential insights you can get out of your EHSQ management system can only be good as the source data that you put in.

It stands to reason then that successfully implemented programs are ones where widespread adoption occurs, while programs that stall often end up stuck within individual departments or business units.

One observation I’d like to make is that user adoption also partially has a problem of how we’ve defined it. User adoption is a complex topic and needs to be looked at through a broader lens than simply whether employees are switching from filling out paper forms to logging in to a computer system.

Adoption is more than just tasks and actions, it is about users seeing real value from those tasks that they are asked to do and from the software they are being asked to adopt. Understanding that value is what can transform those tasks from an irritation to part of their day-to-day work life. That change in behavior, in turn, is what can lead to a broader understanding of how those tasks can impact them as well as others across the business.

There are a number of technological innovations that can help EHSQ professionals achieve this. The best of these technologies go beyond just automating manual tasks to delivering value by driving new behaviors. They drive EHSQ program adoption and encourage employees to contribute to building a stronger culture around managing those verticals.

Here are the five truly massive waves of disruption that you should consider:

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