Gap between importance of technology and the amount of attention given to it
Let’s start with the essential question — where does HR stand with regards to technology and innovation? In his 1962 book Diffusion of Innovations, Everett Rogers divided adopters of new technology into five groups: innovators (first 2.5 per cent), early adopters (next 13.5 per cent), early majority (next 34 per cent), late majority (next 34 per cent) and laggards (last 16 per cent).