In its Fall Membership Meeting of 2023, Starnet welcomed Scott Steinberg to share insights about the future of work and how technology would continue to disrupt our industry with waves of change. Even if our membership chose to move slowly, our client end users and manufacturers would abandon us if we failed to at least match their rate of technology adoption. His presentation continues to be a treasure trove of concepts beyond electronic technology that are relevant to the concerns and aspirations we hear every day from our entire network – members and vendors.
Incremental adjustments no longer seem to be effective in today’s business environment. To realize the promise of partnering for success, we constantly encourage the manufacturers and service providers to use their open-door access to our membership to drive value around talent, operating models, technology, and data. These areas of focus provide rally points of success where true leaders at the Preferred Vendors and Starnet members can add value beyond their core product or service offering. Increasingly, Starnet’s role is to provide our members with a broad range of practical options as best practices in talent, operating models, technology, and data.