{"id":615,"date":"2010-01-15T03:18:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T11:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2010\/01\/15\/the-key-question\/"},"modified":"2010-01-15T03:18:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T11:18:14","slug":"the-key-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2010\/01\/15\/the-key-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The key question"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transformation, not technology<\/a>:
\n[Via Jon Stahl’s Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n

It occurred to me yesterday that the real challenge we[1] face is not the question of \u201chow do we apply technology tools to organizations?\u201d but more \u201chow do we help organizations & people transform themselves so that they are more able to harness the power of technology?\u201d<\/p>\n

[1] \u201cwe\u201d = those of us standing astride the worlds of technology and social change.<\/p>\n

[More<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is really not much more to add to this. I believe this can be accomplished by helping the organizations to diffuse innovations more rapidly. The rest will follow.<\/em>
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Technorati Tags: Technology<\/a>, Web 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Transformation, not technology: [Via Jon Stahl’s Journal] It occurred to me yesterday that the real challenge we[1] face is not the question of \u201chow do we apply technology tools to organizations?\u201d but more \u201chow do we help organizations & people transform themselves so that they are more able to harness the power of technology?\u201d [1] … Continue reading The key question<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe2yp-9V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/03\/13\/the-government-and-web-20-technology\/","url_meta":{"origin":615,"position":0},"title":"The Government and Web 2.0 technology","date":"March 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by artct45 Agencies Share Information By Taking a Page From Wikipedia [Via The Washington Post] The government seems to be jumping on Web 2.0 techniques faster than many corporations. 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