Walt's Weekly Words - Week 15 - July 15

Walt's Spin

"What's old is new." A statement uttered by countless generations before and leagues to come. For me, and I am sure many timeline-compatriots, today's world seems eerily reminiscent. Certainly not identical, and more than nostalgic. 

More like a Renaissance.

Managed Print Services is still alive and experiencing a bump. Partly due to some pent-up demand and a reduction of IT resources.

The demand is provisional. I still believe pivoting into IT services is possible, not strictly because of an existing print-centric relationship as much as the supporting infrastructure of MPS practices is a solid foundation for the transition.

Sales and marketing will shift demographics and talk tracks, but needs assessments and proposals are parallel paths. But again, the demand for IT services has a shelf life.

Consolidation runs rampant, and the larger, establishments remain overconfident in their temporary position.

#Bloomberg Headline Misleads: "Amazon Will Close All But One US Customer Call Center"

Looks like another layoff announcement, doesn't it? 

But it isn't.  

The news is GOOD NEWS, especially if you're a proponent of #WFA - which as we know, Bloomberg is not.

When driving more 'clicks' outweighs journalistic value, sensational headlines carry the day. 

"Bloomberg reported Wednesday on Amazon’s plan to shift call-center employees from offices to work from home and close the Kennewick site. An Amazon spokesman declined to comment about any planned office closings, but on Wednesday confirmed the shift to remote work."

New Flash: Paper Output Increases 500% at the Offices of Greg Walters, Inc.

HP printer experiences "More volume in 30 days than in the last 11 years..."

As F1000 and F100 firms cajole employees back to the fields, many on the supply side of office technology await a spike in laptop, stapler, and paper sales.

One company is pulling its weight and splitting open reams of paper like it in 1999.

"The last time I was involved in a paper usage study was back in 2012.  Our print volume decreased 97% from 1999 to 2012."

So far this week, the offices have printed five A4-sized documents; and increase of 500%.  

Unfortunately, the number of A3 documents remains at zero.