Comments on: Transformation, not technology http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/12/transformation-not-technology/ Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff. Wed, 02 May 2012 15:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jon Stahl's Journal » Blog Archive » Transformation, not technology | Computer Information Technology http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/12/transformation-not-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-394908 Jon Stahl's Journal » Blog Archive » Transformation, not technology | Computer Information Technology Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:08:09 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2077#comment-394908 <p>[...] here: Jon Stahl's Journal » Blog Archive » Transformation, not technology Posted in Tech News Tags: help-organizations, people-transform, question, Real, the-real [...]</p> [...] here: Jon Stahl's Journal » Blog Archive » Transformation, not technology Posted in Tech News Tags: help-organizations, people-transform, question, Real, the-real [...]

]]> By: The key question http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/12/transformation-not-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-394900 The key question Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:23:27 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2077#comment-394900 <p>[...] Transformation, not technology: [Via Jon Stahl's Journal] It occurred to me yesterday that the real challenge we[1] face is not the question of “how do we apply technology tools to organizations?” but more “how do we help organizations & people transform themselves so that they are more able to harness the power of technology?” [...]</p> [...] Transformation, not technology: [Via Jon Stahl's Journal] It occurred to me yesterday that the real challenge we[1] face is not the question of “how do we apply technology tools to organizations?” but more “how do we help organizations & people transform themselves so that they are more able to harness the power of technology?” [...]

]]> By: Eugene Eric Kim http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/12/transformation-not-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-394866 Eugene Eric Kim Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:37:07 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2077#comment-394866 <p>I like the spirit of this, but I don't like the framing. Organizations should transform because there's something better out there, not because they won't be able to harness technology otherwise.</p> <p>I think what you're saying is that certain organizations seem incapable of leveraging technologies that enable them to be more open and collaborative, because culturally, they don't actually care about openness and collaboration. I agree with this, and I also think that openness and collaboration is a better way to be. Again, it's about those values, not about the technology.</p> <p>Technology also can play a role in catalyzing that transformation. That's a longer conversation though. :-)</p> I like the spirit of this, but I don’t like the framing. Organizations should transform because there’s something better out there, not because they won’t be able to harness technology otherwise.

I think what you’re saying is that certain organizations seem incapable of leveraging technologies that enable them to be more open and collaborative, because culturally, they don’t actually care about openness and collaboration. I agree with this, and I also think that openness and collaboration is a better way to be. Again, it’s about those values, not about the technology.

Technology also can play a role in catalyzing that transformation. That’s a longer conversation though. :-)

]]> By: David Geilhufe http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/12/transformation-not-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-394865 David Geilhufe Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:15:20 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2077#comment-394865 <p>here, here! Spot on.</p> here, here! Spot on.

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