Comments on: 4/10/07 Interesting Links http://www.businesspundit.com/41007-interesting-links/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: laurence haughton http://www.businesspundit.com/41007-interesting-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 laurence haughton Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:00:23 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=3124#comment-2177 I think Davenport is right to say that "Most of the barriers that prevent knowledge from flowing freely in organizations – power differentials, lack of trust, missing incentives, unsupportive cultures, and the general busyness of employees today – won't be addressed or substantially changed by technology alone." In the research for my book on making speed a competitive advantage I was excited to find companies who had blown through the obstacles and "let the best idea win." I was later very depressed to see that even companies who had reaped tremendous innovations from openness had allowed the door to be slammed shut by their bureaucracy. It is a deep rooted cultural issue. I think Davenport is right to say that “Most of the barriers that prevent knowledge from flowing freely in organizations – power differentials, lack of trust, missing incentives, unsupportive cultures, and the general busyness of employees today – won’t be addressed or substantially changed by technology alone.” In the research for my book on making speed a competitive advantage I was excited to find companies who had blown through the obstacles and “let the best idea win.” I was later very depressed to see that even companies who had reaped tremendous innovations from openness had allowed the door to be slammed shut by their bureaucracy. It is a deep rooted cultural issue.

]]> By: david foster http://www.businesspundit.com/41007-interesting-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2176 david foster Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:20:43 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=3124#comment-2176 Decentralized decision-making is not primarily a matter of technology: it is primarily a matter of organizational design and culture. Technology can be used to support either centralization or decentralization. Except in a very small organization, a good idea should not usually have to go "all the way to the top." If innovations can normally only get done with CEO support, then the organization is too centralized. Decentralized decision-making is not primarily a matter of technology: it is primarily a matter of organizational design and culture. Technology can be used to support either centralization or decentralization.

Except in a very small organization, a good idea should not usually have to go “all the way to the top.” If innovations can normally only get done with CEO support, then the organization is too centralized.

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