Often corporate IT overhead is devoted to locking down users for security and control. What if you tried another approach and devoted it to education?
Have a look at this fascinating article about a different approach to Enterprise IT:
IT Opens Up and Lives On The Web - www.readwriteweb.com
“A new report from the Leading Edge Forum proposes a new course for Enterprise IT - abandon the notion of creating the perfect intranet and instead live on the web.”
“When BP set about improving IT performance, they evaluated better ways to use public infrastructure and commodity computing, but more importantly they evaluated their employees knowledge and responsibility in the workplace and re-evaluated what IT's role should be.”
"We trust these people with multimillion-dollar drilling platforms. Why won’t we trust them with a PC?"
Jim Ginsburgh, VP of Enterprise Architecture, BP.“The implications are profound. Instead of spending the bulk of their time monitoring and enforcing user behavior, IT can distribute the work and manage complexity by allowing users more autonomy - by trusting them.”
Readme: Although some posts on this blog relate to work I’m happy to say I already enjoy the support of an open, supportive and tolerrant IT team.