Homo digitalis - the paperless human

An upbeat atmosphere with colleagues. A casual word - confident and exuberant - about how well I have adapted to the new digital world.

- No, but going completely digital would probably not be a problem for me. I could probably do without paper altogether.
- Do you really mean that? Could you really do that?
- Absolutely, yeah. No problem at all.
- But what a great New Year's resolution. You could start from January 1!

I feel like Julius Caesar when he crosses the Rubicon River in 49 BC. There is no turning back. But for me, it is not the die that is cast, but the paper that is thrown. Or at least should be thrown. By midnight on December 31 at the latest.

Not a paper in my workplace in 2019

That's what a New Year's resolution looks like. It shouldn't be that hard.

But the Christmas holidays bring thoughts and questions about the new life that awaits. Will it be possible? How will I go about it?

The hardware, the tools I have to get by with, are the laptop, the tablet and my mobile. A large part of what I need access to at work is in our Almega common systems, which, as with most people, are many; document management, e-mail management, financial management, meeting management for boards and management groups and of course the Employer Guide for our member companies.

The first thing I get stuck on is all the notes. I am a master at scribbling on yellow, green, red pieces of paper and then sticking them here and there. Notes from meetings go straight into the paper files or are collected in a colleague's notebook, which is then collected in a big pile.

But my colleague Anton Wemander-Gahm has reassured me. He has been taking notes directly on his computer or tablet for a long time.

But first I have to find that white digital pen I have buried somewhere under all my papers. My hope is that it will come out tomorrow when I start the big paper cleanup for the new year.

Stefan Koskinen
Director of the Federation
Almega Service Companies