The landscape is littered with technology initiatives that died. Some wimpered, some imploded, collecting significant collateral damage.
We know what happened and why it happened. The question – how to create technology initiatives that deliver on the promise?
What got you here, won’t get you there. – Marshall Goldsmith
The solution to a problem will not be found by the same thinking that created the problem in the first place. – Albert Einstein
Many technology initiatives fail in an attempt to preserve existing methods and processes. Adopting a piece of software supplants existing work. Technology changes the decision making and problem solving of humans. Human work changes.
Hello Tom,
Great thoughts about Legacy Thinking.
Even though I am an older guy I completely buy into the concept but, still being an older guy, I have difficulty grasping the methodologies and processes that new technology brings.
Try as I may to lean on younger minds, my ability to buy into the new process, without fully understanding it, is a challenge.
Any thoughts?
Hi, Roy,
Continuous improvement, life-long learning. Alternatively, you could retire and play golf. Seriously, you don’t have to be an expert in IT to become familiar with new technology. Take a look at all the new technology embedded into an automobile. You can do it. -Tom