tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post2476827893166770294..comments2023-03-17T22:02:34.195+11:00Comments on This is the old ChiefTech blog...: Spotting the Emperor's new clothes?James Dellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11816163470369202593noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-14650252043600503902007-03-16T04:49:00.000+11:002007-03-16T04:49:00.000+11:00Reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: "America...Reminds me of one of my favourite quotes:<BR/> <BR/>"America has more intelligent people in it than any other country - it just that they are further apart"Euanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785522267918371576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-35339472354297508432007-03-14T17:50:00.000+11:002007-03-14T17:50:00.000+11:00Thinking about this further, I am reminded of the ...Thinking about this further, I am reminded of the quote (which may or may not have come from William Gibson) "That the future is here, it's just unevenly distributed" -i.e. lumpy.<BR/><BR/>E2.0 use is lumpy. Across organisations & within organisations. If that is accepted & understood then there's no problem.<BR/><BR/>But how many organisations like "lumpy"? Are they willing to live with it? Do they have a choice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-83112492312583958692007-03-14T08:21:00.000+11:002007-03-14T08:21:00.000+11:00Euan - I happen to agree with that quote. The poin...Euan - I happen to agree with that quote. <BR/><BR/>The point I would add is that in Western societies most people do not volunteer to join the army.<BR/><BR/>And at the moment, most people do not use blogs or wikis in organisations. Most internet users do not tag other people's content on the internet.<BR/><BR/>I am not making an argument for conscription - what I am saying is don't expect your army to have more than a minority of die-hards in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-68007159907397174592007-03-13T22:52:00.000+11:002007-03-13T22:52:00.000+11:00My favourite Drucker quote seems apt."In a knowled...My favourite Drucker quote seems apt.<BR/><BR/>"In a knowledge economy there are no such things as conscripts - there are only volunteers. The trouble is we have trained our managers to manage conscripts"Euanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785522267918371576noreply@blogger.com