Resolutions 2010: the personal computer personal again

Artist Nicolas Hughes http://www.nicholas-hughes.net

These are challenging times.

In the old work world, a factory , an assembly line or an office were clearly corporate. The management execution was clear and stable.

How things have changed

In an enterprise 2.0, socialized world, personal and corporate have merged and the management lines need to be drawn differently and more effectively.

Artist Nicolas Hughes http://www.nicholas-hughes.net

Let’s look at smartphone‘s.

Some companies try to standardize them, using a command and control perspective.

Or look at personal (indeed personal) computers. Standardization of these tools might benefit the IT-business. But what is the impact on the effectiveness of knowledge workers. Maybe companies, professionals and individuals pay a high price in case of the trade-off of the allocation of scarce knowledge assets (staff) and abundant hardware assets.

In an Enterprise 2.0 Era, where teams and individuals are the unit of production, creation,and delivery any distinction between corporate and personal infrastructure needs to be reconstructed. And yes, networks, web browsers and web applications enables companies and organizations to do so!

So why bother about standaard pda’s and personal computers.  Focus on increasing the productivity of any knowledge worker and assess on a permanent basis whether your knowledge assets (and these are amongst other your data) are managed according to world class standards!

In this modern world, standardizing personal tools often does not balance the benefits of standardizing them (or even worse kills value generation from knowledge workers).

Artist Nicolas Hughes http://www.nicholas-hughes.net

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