When everything on the web is shifting towards a highly integrated medium where information seamlessly inter-operates across platforms, architectures and languages why is it that back at home, in the sad old real world, the pace of change is slower than it should be.
Why are people slow to adopt the philosophy that there’s always a better way to do something? Even worse why do some people flatly refuse to even consider it?
Maybe I’m jumping the gun here. Of course I know that better ideologies and processes will be adopted in the future and that is without a question of a doubt the only way businesses are going to stay in business in the future. Maybe it’s not so apparent right now but you’ll soon start to notice these differences when you realise that home-life is very much integrating and cross-mixing with work-life. It’s happening already, all you have to do is gaze over your shoulders into the distance at the “work @ home” crowd and the “I commute twice a week” crowd and the “What is this ‘car’ you speak of?” crowds to have a glimpse of an understanding of this concept.
Eyes back here people, I know you’re all dreaming about it, the lure of working at home. Maybe you’ll find a position one day where you can earn a living AND live your earning. What a concept!
Well anyway what I’d really like to see is more Web 2.0 ideologies integrated into our Web 1.0 style businesses and let’s face it, it’s gonna happen sooner or later. Let us, as technological evangelists, look at our technology and processes and make a concerted effort to improve the way we conduct business. Let’s get rid of the long paper trails, the unnecessary amount of printing, the incorrect use of tools and software to accomplish a task. Think and implement!
And I leave this with you, may your signal to noise ratio be low and your tech be high. Amen.
Filed under: Adventures @ Work, Forward Thinking | Tagged: Web 1.0, Web 2.0
I agree, but some days, there is no substitute for witnessing user stupidity in person.
Hahaha – adopt technology! Man, these people still don’t know how to open a Word document. What’s a Share and where on earth am I printing to – AND that’s the VP’s we’re talking about here.