>The whole issue lies in this last sentence. The essence of "democratic"
>technology and the culture that make it effective in continuously learning
>do not come in the box with the web browser, the router, or the HTML
>editor. Intranet technology can be as static and cumbersome in the hands
>of the wrong developer as the legacy systems we see every day which
>generate lists instead of information. Without a systems thinking, team
>learning approach, the Intranet may have no more effect than the list
>generator on creating a learning environment.
>
>Candidates for Intranet development are management flight simulators,
>discussion bases such as this one, and project by project improvement
>tools which assist in managing the structured, disciplined approach to
>PDCA and virtual teams. I'd be interested in discussing this on or off
>line.
>
>jzavacki@epix.net
>John Zavacki
Amen John! It's NOT the technology its the people. Technology can only
provide the medium, not the content. Literature on 'virtual communities',
by Rheingold especially, indicate the most used- and most useful - Net
technologies are those that facilitate communication (chat rooms, email,
IRC, etc.) NOT those that statically convey 'information' one way.
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