Comments on: The difficulty of saying good bye to top-down communication http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/ Exploring the web for change. Connecting people and ideas. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection By: Mark Hurst http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Mark Hurst Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:56:51 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/#comment-155 I was talking the other day with a friend who works in a team which handles constant structural reorganisation within a large bank. He knew of no plans to look at using social networking. It's a large and extremely hierarchical enterprise, where the flow of information is strictly controlled for internal political reasons. He thought the only way the top level would consider allowing the use of such tools (which currently are all under a blanket ban) would be if everyone's contacts were strictly controlled, reflecting work groups etc. Which of course removes all the benefits of self-organisation. It seems to me important to convince directors to exchange some power of control for the power to change. This is what self-organisation brings to a network. Adaptability is essential for survival, even for a large company, or indeed for a department. If this is not emphasised then perhaps the benefits of Web 2.0 to the organisation may be lost on discussion participants? I was talking the other day with a friend who works in a team which handles constant structural reorganisation within a large bank. He knew of no plans to look at using social networking. It’s a large and extremely hierarchical enterprise, where the flow of information is strictly controlled for internal political reasons. He thought the only way the top level would consider allowing the use of such tools (which currently are all under a blanket ban) would be if everyone’s contacts were strictly controlled, reflecting work groups etc. Which of course removes all the benefits of self-organisation.

It seems to me important to convince directors to exchange some power of control for the power to change. This is what self-organisation brings to a network. Adaptability is essential for survival, even for a large company, or indeed for a department. If this is not emphasised then perhaps the benefits of Web 2.0 to the organisation may be lost on discussion participants?

]]> By: Joitske http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Joitske Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:37:48 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/#comment-153 well, sounds that could have been a Dutch audience.. :) well, sounds that could have been a Dutch audience.. :)

]]> By: Christian Kreutz http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-3499 Christian Kreutz Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:55:14 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/#comment-3499 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New blog post: The difficulty of saying good bye to top-down communication http://tinyurl.com/yub285</span></span> New blog post: The difficulty of saying good bye to top-down communication http://tinyurl.com/yub285

]]> By: ckreutz http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-4144 ckreutz Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:55:14 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/11/15/the-difficulty-of-saying-good-bye-to-top-down-communication/#comment-4144 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New blog post: The difficulty of saying good bye to top-down communication http://tinyurl.com/yub285</span></span> New blog post: The difficulty of saying good bye to top-down communication http://tinyurl.com/yub285

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