Technology, like time, waits for no one. It propels forward at a rate independent of, and unconcerned with, anyone’s readiness. But it doesn’t move forward randomly or unexpectedly. In every case, the purpose of the digital revolution is to make our lives easier, to simplify the complicated, to save us time and allow us to focus on more important things.

We see evidence of this everywhere, every day, especially after the challenges of 2020. Through insistence and inevitability, technology has influenced our lives in ways that make us wonder how we ever lived without it. In the palm of our hands, we’re able to use it to perform tasks in seconds that used to take minutes, even hours.

But at this juncture, it’s not enough to just have access to tech that can make our lives more efficient and, by extension, easier. For instance, if you bought a smartwatch — complete with a step counter and an on-demand library of yoga courses — but only used it to track your water consumption, it would be hard to argue you’re making the most out of the tech.

Applying this to an enterprise setting, securing technology for just one aspect of an employee’s HR life cycle, such as payroll, only provides a temporary fix. In order to reap the advantages of our digital reality and beyond, your business not only needs comprehensive HR software — it needs employees to use it.