Comments on: new business

By: Jon Husband

Jon Husband — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 04:43:39 +0000

Great summary synthesis, Valdis … unfortunately the reverse, blowing up the buildings, also vaporizes the connections … at this point in time.

By: Valdis

Valdis — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:22:44 +0000

You forgot to connect the dots…
And the reason tech change is often so painful is that it blindly changes the connections… and leaves the dots in place… thus pissing off the dots… kind of like a neutron bomb — kills people, leaves buildings. Yeah, I know… the buildings don’t care.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:46:25 +0000

Hugh,
Je vous sens d

By: Fnord

Fnord — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:53:52 +0000

Ideas to make technological implementation less painful:
* Painkillers — Well, this one is obvious. Relieves pain, take one when you see the boss approaching your cubicle, and call me tomorrow.
* Explosives — Implementation of new technologies may be resisted. High quality explosives, positioned correctly, will create a diversion while you deploy your new technology.
* That elven cloak from Lord of The Rings — When you eventually have to emerge from your cubicle after implementing new technology, use this high quality cloak to blend in with your surroundings. Will also keep you warm when/if fired.
… ad nauseam. You get the general idea.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:27:06 +0000

But change is also slow, especially in large corporations. New technological inventions take about 25–30 years to be considered norm (according to the diffusion theory). And even if it’s an extension of existing technology (say Win XP) the test-period of large organisations barely end before the product is out-dated.
I like your ideas Hugh, but are you aiming at making technological implementations quicker to keep large businesses on par with smaller ones (and even individuals) or is the idea mainly to avoid cultural friction (ego-friction death squads and all that)?
(below post of silence is not at statement… just accidently hit enter)