Just heard a foreman say 'the software is only as good as the guy putting the numbers in'

I was at a supplier last week and overheard a foreman from a big local crew talking about their new project management tool. He said his crew still writes daily notes on paper first because they don't trust everyone to enter data right into the tablet on site. Has anyone else run into this kind of pushback when trying to get a whole team to switch over?

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rowan6663mo ago

Sounds like a normal learning curve. People always resist new systems at first.

kim.wren3mo agoMost Upvoted

Read this article about how our brains are literally wired to fight new routines. It's not just being stubborn, it's a physical thing in our heads that makes change feel like a threat. The learning curve is real but the resistance is too, it's built into how we work. Makes you wonder if we blame people for being difficult when it's just biology.

lewis.diana1mo ago

Actually @rowan666 that article kim.wren mentioned really clicked for me. I used to think people were just being difficult or lazy about learning new software. Now I see it's not that simple at all. The whole brain chemistry thing explains why my old crew would get so agitated when I handed them a new system. It wasn't about them being stubborn. It was their brains literally fighting the change. That foreman's paper-first method makes total sense now as a way to ease into it rather than just forcing the digital switch all at once.