Innovation is a big trend in the business world. The technology and ideas are ever-changing. To be innovative is to be forward-looking and constantly thinking about new revolutionary ideas. Companies are innovative in the way that they try to improve their efficiency within their services. They may discover a more convenient business model for the reason of faster and better-quality work.

Today, we visited KPMG on the 34th floor of the BNY Mellon Center. The elevator ride made me somewhat woozy, but the view was worth it. KPMG had big shoes to fill in after we already visited their competition, Ernst & Young, last week (and loved it) and for the fact that KPMG was our last company visit in the United States. We had a few speakers during the visit to touch on the topics of international business, technology, and tax. The common underlying factor between all of these topics was innovation. As understood by this Big Four Firm, innovation impacts brand perception and value, high-ranking growth, and a company’s relevance (and maybe even survival) in business. For example, it was mentioned today that the firm uses robots for basic data entry so that the time saved can be used by the professionals to focus on the bigger issues at hand. Steps like this show how innovative a company is. Considering the employees, that brings in the question if they are working towards the future in hopes of bettering their company. Are their minds churning to come up with new, innovative ideas? As difficult as I might think it is right now, I would like to be an innovative employee one day, and even an innovative student during my time at Pitt. I think that as my experience grows and my knowledge expands, I will be gaining access to new ideas to, therefore, encourage my own.