For so many years English cricket has been littering the back pages of newspapers with tales of defeat and despair, but in recent years the most English of sports seems to have finally rekindled its affair with the country of its creation.
Ashes victories for the test side, as well as a win over India this week are not the only changes cricket fans are experiencing today though, because the sport itself is being dragged through something of a revolution, and such change always provides the perfect platform for the traditionalist to resist.
Without getting too involved, the traditional test match relates to a five-day game – the traditional form of the game loved by some, but out of fashion with others.
The other more recent form (of which you have no doubt heard) is twenty20 cricket, a form that takes around three hours to complete, and this signals massive change for the game and its supporters.
The point is that test cricket is viewed by some people as the best form while others hate it. The same is true of twenty20 cricket, just with the roles reversed.
The point is that test cricket is viewed by some people as the best form while others hate it. The same is true of twenty20 cricket, just with the roles reversed.
However, the question is, does innovation and efficiency have to mean a lack of finesse? Equally, why do some view the traditional as stagnant and dull?
The debate was raging in The Times last week, with many supporting a refusal to update and modernise the game. Developing software that has the power to automate a huge chunk of the work training companies carry out every day has put me in the same position as those looking to modernise cricket.
My argument (and I suggest the pioneers of twenty20 take on the same approach) is that surely if the core of the business remains, but certain elements are modernised, it has to be a valuable movement. Some might even call it progress.
The debate was raging in The Times last week, with many supporting a refusal to update and modernise the game. Developing software that has the power to automate a huge chunk of the work training companies carry out every day has put me in the same position as those looking to modernise cricket.
My argument (and I suggest the pioneers of twenty20 take on the same approach) is that surely if the core of the business remains, but certain elements are modernised, it has to be a valuable movement. Some might even call it progress.
Some training professionals know about HR software, they may even have tried it, but they stick to their old ways.
However the truth is that new HR software innovations allow professionals to retain the old traditions of a personal approach and individual customer value. Software just makes the whole process easier to handle, more efficient and cost effective.
Just as many of the players at Lord’s this week can excel at both forms of cricket, training companies utilise software innovations to excel in both quality and efficiency.
Dave Evans
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Just as many of the players at Lord’s this week can excel at both forms of cricket, training companies utilise software innovations to excel in both quality and efficiency.
Dave Evans
accessplanit - Download our latest whitepaper at training management system
