What strategies have you found to be most effective in overcoming resistance to learning and adopting new technologies?

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CEO and co-founder in IT Services2 years ago

People want to know what it means for them ... not for the company, the clients, the leadership but themselves ..
If you articulate and demonstrate that it is good news for their daily jobs or their LinkedIN profiles .. they will embrace the change and push fwd , even become a champion

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no title2 years ago

The "what's in it for me" extends past the personal benefits, I think. A lot of times people just don't understand the details well enough to know what they should do. That is why I am a big fan of providing users with guided help directly in the applications and in providing then with contextual content. 

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer in Software2 years ago

Showcasing some successful external case studies to the stakeholders. Also, if possible build some POCs internally and demonstrate just to win their trust.

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no title2 years ago

POCs are great, do you have a platform were you can do that? 

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