Paperless Society:Recipe for Success

"Philo Farnsworth invented television in 1927, but it was David Sarnoff who created television broadcasting to bring black-and-white television to the consumer in 1939. He developed a successful business that put together television, cameras, broadcast stations, program content, and advertising. Farnsworth invented a device, while Sarnoff was the innovator who put all the pieces together to create an industry." - Curtis R. Carlson,et.al. 1

In today's period of global warming. In today's era of knowledge-based organizations and in today's world of discontinuous change, all the ingredients necessary to achieve a paperless environment are already in place. We just need to develop a business model to put the scattered pieces together and create an industry.

The following ingredients are necessary to make this dream a reality:

1. Digital Signature Legislation

2. ISMS Certified Data Centers with Shared Paperless Services audited twice a year by ISO/IEC 27001:2005(E) certified auditors


3. Self Service Portals for Paperless Transactions (with push and/or pull mechanisms)


4. Workflow System and Document Management Systems in every office


5. Federated Workflow Engine for Supply Chain Integration (for Logistics and Communications Social Networks)


6. Convergence of New Media Technologies, Knowledge Management Services, and webcast services ( for Knowledge Sharing, Problem Solving and R&D Social Networks)


7. Personal Paperless Systems in every home and office

8. Communities of Practice




I will discuss each one of the above in my next blog.

Erratum:

It was Paul Nipkow who first invented the television in 1884.

Footnote:

Curtis R Carlson & Willliam W. Wilmot, "Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want", page 23