How much do you trust technology?

We all trust tech to some extent—we have to. But do you have confidence in the technology decisions you need to make?

Anyone with a bank account, a car, or practically any appliance has little choice but to trust the underlying technology—and the businesses that supply it. The stakes get higher when we use tech to speed up our business. Not sure where our data is, and not exactly clear what happens when we push the buttons, but the results seem to be ok. (Don’t they?)

Fortunately, most tech works—eventually—but few of us understand how. It takes a leap of faith. Knowing the right amount of caution to apply is a fine balance between self-preservation and missing out on opportunities.

This is the first in a series about ways to increase your confidence when making decisions around technology adoption. My book, Trusting Technology, presents tech as a platform for your ideas. While that’s been the way of things since we climbed down from the trees, it’s a concept that’s based on trust—trust that we can delegate tasks to some machine. That some black box can be trusted to work for us, for our businesses and for our community.

That’s a leap.

What happens when you leap?

1) What tech decisions are easy for you—when you have no need to consult?
2) What decisions can you make confidently with the help of trusted advisors?
3) When are you facing a leap of faith? How do you handle these decisions?

Trusting Technology is a book about forming ideas, exploring opportunities with customers and colleagues, and building your future together. Order your copy here.