Creation and management of digital content and workflow automation via a portable identification key

A portable identification key for automating workflow, the portable identification key comprising:

• a computer readable medium comprising:
• data that when received by a processing device causes the processing device to initiate automation processes, the data comprising:
• profile information including an identification of a user associated with the portable identification key;
• and
• one or more executable instructions and parameters associated with the identified user to the processing device that when executed by the processing device cause the processor to initiate an automated workflow session, the automated workflow session initiated according to the one or more instructions and parameters.

A processing device for automating workflow, the processing device configured to:

• receive data from a portable identification key communicatively coupled to the processing device to initiate automation processes;
• access profile information comprised in the data, the profile information including an identification of a user associated with the portable identification key;
• retrieve one or more instructions and parameters associated with the identified user to initiate an automated workflow session;
• and
• initiate the automated workflow session according to the one or more instructions and parameters.