Now you and Jim are talking. But if there's anything that we do to push it we should do it! Shouldn't we? Also, a lot of business leaders/management come out of biz schools, so, if these institutions begin to hear us and agree what we're saying makes sense, they could be influential...
Let's keep it going on, guys and thanks... Don >The culture of the corporate world is largely responsible. Today's corporate >CEOs by and large are people who came up through the ranks in the >traditional model and they trust it. Lots of middle managers simply fear >giving up control. The tide is running against those people, though. > >My prediction for the next two decades is that companies that persist in >adhering to the 19th century Age of Industrialization model for corporate >work- e.g. 8-5 on the clock in the office - are doomed to die a slow death >as radically decentralized companies made up of telecommuters create greater >efficiencies than the traditional office model can deliver. The change is >already starting to happen, but it will take a long time to completely >change. The IBM Global Services model is a good example that already works. > >What will the effects be? > >1. Less pollution >2. Less traffic >3. Higher quality of life for employees >4. Lower dependence on oil >5. Longer-lasting infrastructure (roads, bridges) > >There are plenty of obstacles to this model. Internet infrastructure and >bandwidth need to expand signficantly. Sure, you save millions of dollars a >year if thousands of employees work at home instead of at the office. At the >same time, you will spend lots of money on bandwidth and equipment for a >giant VPN to power that decentralized network, including all the fancy >communications that will be required to do business- phones, webcams, >scanners, etc. The net savings will be huge, but there will be upfront costs >and growing pains for early adopters. > > >On Jan 7, 2008 2:34 PM, D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
