The last two years had a variety of challenges that limited us from achieving our goals. there was the imposition of the Covid -19 rules of lockdown, business was affected, and we couldn’t transact comfortably because of the social distance issue.
The business was also limited in terms of their customer access as you couldn’t make many profits due to social distancing in places like hotels and restaurants.
Although it is hard for you to predict what might occur in the unknown future, you should be optimistic that the year ahead will come with many surprises that will initiate transformation, especially in the digital space.
What are these digital trends that might emerge in 2022?
Social media will be of more privacy and higher quality
As the new year comes to be, most of the Social Media platforms will decide to engage highly in maintaining their privacy and upholding the quality of the content. You should also anticipate a huge increase in the number of audiences now that you want to monitor what’s happening globally. While eyeing the privacy and quality creation of content, many social media platforms are now formulating the privacy policies
With the demand for strong content that is more engaging, creative influencers will grow rapidly to make an impact on social media engagement and branding. So far, there is a high chance that short -video platforms, Instagram and Tiktok will grow rapidly. There is underused Social -media marketing platforms like Customer care which most of you know and relationship management which will also thrive in this new journey
There will be increased connectivity
If this complicated world is to embrace new digital trends, the 5G and new internet of WIFI -6 standard will enable faster and more efficient communication. Some of you always say 5G or WIFI 6 is more than just speed.
Working from home is likely to go to another high level because most consumers and organizations will be thinking far much beyond the office. In fact, most of the IT experts are predicting how in the future, working out of the office will be convenient and will make one more comfortable. Imagine you are at your home sitting with your smatter and smaller device under strong connectivity? How does it feel?
New workplaces and new skills will emerge
As the workplace sets to change, so will it be the skills. You should expect a radical shift in the division of labour. Computers have the potential of increasing some new jobs such as those involving software, application developers which am sure most of you are familiar with, e-commerce specialists, and social-media specialists that most of you aspire to become.
The customer care field and innovation management are also likely to grow and most of you may be part and parcel of the new openings.
The growth of non-fungible tokens [NFT’s]
There is the issue of non-Fungible tokens, which a few of you may not be conversant with it. It deals with the value and function of digital assets and artworks that have come to be because of the online global economy. Non-fungible means it cannot be replaced. They are permanent in nature. It is a digital token that is connected permanently to a piece and coded with the signature of an artist. It shows that you are the real owner of the piece. It is a form of digital asset that can be used to represent real-world issues like music and video. Money is, for instance, fungible meaning that you can exchange it with another but a non-fungible token cannot be compared with another non-fungible token; meaning that each non-fungible token is one of a kind and each has its own unique code.
Artificial Intelligence [AI] in foods and Human Resource services.
Artificial intelligence has changed the workings of the job sector and most of the food industries. Labour shortage, for instance, has led many organizations to make it wide or broaden the way jobs are being evaluated or accessed. AI at the place of work will do for you repetitive jobs or tasks so that you can focus on other meaningful tasks such as decision making or solving technical issues. An example of Artificial Intelligence at work is chatbots.
People that have daily interactions can make use of chatbots for accuracy purposes. Chatbots have really reduced the manual time that you might have needed to complete tasks. It has also improved customer experience. In the food industry, you can use artificial intelligence to improve packing and manage to price.