Comments on: Interesting experiment, or critical to success? http://www.giatalks.com/2009/03/interesting-experiment-or-critical-to-success/ Connected Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2009/03/interesting-experiment-or-critical-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Gia Lyons Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:00:46 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=221#comment-1262 Chris, word. Ok, I need to create an awesome graphic of this communication strategy thingy I talk about in my workshop. Gah. Right. I charge people for it. How do people blog about their proprietary work??? I hate that it has to be proprietary now. And it has to be right now because I work for a for-profit company and what I do is a differentiator. Damn you, capitalism! ;) Chris, word. Ok, I need to create an awesome graphic of this communication strategy thingy I talk about in my workshop. Gah. Right. I charge people for it. How do people blog about their proprietary work??? I hate that it has to be proprietary now. And it has to be right now because I work for a for-profit company and what I do is a differentiator. Damn you, capitalism! ;)

]]> By: Chris http://www.giatalks.com/2009/03/interesting-experiment-or-critical-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 Chris Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:42:00 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=221#comment-1261 Not a boring post - and an important topic. ...ok - maybe not as spicy as usual :-) I think the parallel approach is key. (1) a top-down design/strategy is needed to get buy in, establish initial goals and set the scope/tone (2) a bottom-up design evolution strategy driven by emergent high value usage patterns is also needed to ensure long term success (you can't script the way people connect, interact, and share like you can for a supply chain ERP workflow) I think the most successful e2.0 initiatives will be the ones that have (2) as the driving strategy in the long term. Maybe you just need to cloak (2) a bit at first, depending on who is writing the check ;-) Not a boring post – and an important topic. …ok – maybe not as spicy as usual :-)

I think the parallel approach is key.
(1) a top-down design/strategy is needed to get buy in, establish initial goals and set the scope/tone
(2) a bottom-up design evolution strategy driven by emergent high value usage patterns is also needed to ensure long term success (you can’t script the way people connect, interact, and share like you can for a supply chain ERP workflow)

I think the most successful e2.0 initiatives will be the ones that have (2) as the driving strategy in the long term. Maybe you just need to cloak (2) a bit at first, depending on who is writing the check ;-)

]]> By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2009/03/interesting-experiment-or-critical-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Gia Lyons Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:46:19 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=221#comment-1239 Well said, Ric. And really, this "step" is only the beginning. The grassroots approach is sometimes used to simply answer the question, "will people use it?" before bothering with, "how does it make or save us money?" I think one can do both in parallel, if there's enough faith that people will, in fact, use it. ;) Well said, Ric. And really, this “step” is only the beginning. The grassroots approach is sometimes used to simply answer the question, “will people use it?” before bothering with, “how does it make or save us money?” I think one can do both in parallel, if there’s enough faith that people will, in fact, use it. ;)

]]> By: Ric http://www.giatalks.com/2009/03/interesting-experiment-or-critical-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Ric Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:37:21 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=221#comment-1238 ... boring or not, sometimes you just have to do the yards. The point you make is a good one - "grassroots" is not going to cut it on its own, there has to be buy-in from the folks cutting the cheques as well. … boring or not, sometimes you just have to do the yards. The point you make is a good one – “grassroots” is not going to cut it on its own, there has to be buy-in from the folks cutting the cheques as well.

]]> By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2009/03/interesting-experiment-or-critical-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Gia Lyons Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:32:17 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=221#comment-1236 Ok, I just re-read this, and I fell asleep halfway through. This has got to be the most boring blog post I've ever written. Yeesh. But, maybe it'll help someone. In a boring way. Ok, I just re-read this, and I fell asleep halfway through. This has got to be the most boring blog post I’ve ever written. Yeesh. But, maybe it’ll help someone. In a boring way.

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