Comments on: Technology Accelerators http://citrixblogger.org/2008/05/07/technology-accelerators/ Thu, 24 May 2012 11:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jeffreymuir http://citrixblogger.org/2008/05/07/technology-accelerators/#comment-1302 Thu, 22 May 2008 23:05:06 +0000 http://citrixblogger.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-1302 I recently posted a link to an interview with Jim Collins by Charlie Rose. It would be worthwhile to view this to understand all the different aspects of “Good to Great”. There is something valuable about seeing instead of just reading.

http://citrixblogger.org/2008/05/20/good-to-great-video-explanation/

I just went looking for a “Good to Great” presentation and found this:
http://www.csp.edu/MACO/Courses/521/GoodToGreat.ppt

It’s a good mix of concepts and pictures to tell a story. It includes a section on “Technology Accelerators”.

To answer your question, it is common for companies to focus on technology to solve all their problems. The point is that not all problems are based on a technology solution. Also of note is that technology has no business intelligence. It is the application of technology with a goal in mind (Hedgehog concept) that brings about benefits. It is a bit like a horse and cart. Technology is the cart and the horse is the leadership. Technology should not come first. It does not help to love the technology more than the core business problems.

People like to treat technology like a business weapon. They figure that everyone else can use technology against them and likewise that they can attack new markets with their own technology weapons. The point is that technology is a tool and unless it is used correctly for the business it will provide no advantage. So, just by having technology does not guarantee that you will win. In fact, the fact that technology can easily be acquired (like from an arms dealer) makes it more of a commodity and not really an advantage by itself.

Technology seems so sexy because it is new and potentially powerful. Civilization is always hungry for more without realizing the fact that technology does not always solve problems without causing plenty of new ones. Careful thought always wins over rash decisions. It’s another classic view into the world of hedgehog and fox.

]]> By: Mrs. Thuy - Tran Chau http://citrixblogger.org/2008/05/07/technology-accelerators/#comment-1300 Wed, 21 May 2008 12:44:57 +0000 http://citrixblogger.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-1300 I am mrs.Thuy – Tran Chau, married with my lovely husband and mother of two kids. We live in Holland.
I work four days in a week at Provincie Utrecht as Information and ICT-specialist and one day in a week I went to college to follow my Master of Informatics.
I would like to give a presentation for one hour about the book ‘Good to Great’ of Jim Collins and especially the topic Technology Accelerators.

Do you have for me some examples of powerpoint presentation and films/ fragmentation of this book and escpecially about this topic Technology Accelerators?

Can you give the answers to these questions about the topic Technology Accelerators?
If technology cannot make or break a company’s level of greatness, but only serves as an accelerator of greatness or demise already in progress, then why did everyone fall in love with technology for technology’s sake during the 1990s?

Why is there so much hype and fear about new technologies, and what can you do to view new technologies with objective equanimity?

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