I've been trying to get a conversation going in my company. The two points that I keep coming back to -- because they seem to pique the most interest -- are <em>collaboration</em> and <em>participation</em>.
We keep hearing from the top that all of our processes are just too expensive and the only way to control costs is to cut payroll and "waste" -- whatever that is.
To me it looks like the big drags on efficiency (here) are weak collaboration among stakeholders and the "waste" of untapped talent due to ironclad boundaries between departments and jobs. We could do a lot to improve on both counts by embracing social networking and "open source software" type contributions. The tools already exist to do that. They just need to be employed.
I've been trying to get a conversation going in my company. The two points that I keep coming back to -- because they seem to pique the most interest -- are <em>collaboration</em> and <em>participation</em>.
We keep hearing from the top that all of our processes are just too expensive and the only way to control costs is to cut payroll and "waste" -- whatever that is.
To me it looks like the big drags on efficiency (here) are weak collaboration among stakeholders and the "waste" of untapped talent due to ironclad boundaries between departments and jobs. We could do a lot to improve on both counts by embracing social networking and "open source software" type contributions. The tools already exist to do that. They just need to be employed.