Blogging, Tweeting and “the” Facebooks are now deeply part of the modern business culture. We all have some sort of feeling that our communities built around our business are powerful marketing tools, or at the very least, a way of…
Steps in Creating Buy-In for New Software and Technologies
In my last three posts, here (1st) and here (2nd), I’ve discussed the issues surround creating buy-in to new software and technology projects. Basically what that means is that you can spend a whole lot of money on the coolest…
Training and Project Management in Creating Buy-In for new Technology
In my last post I laid a foundation of doom and gloom as to how a good project can go very bad when people don’t actually use the cool new toys they’ve been given. Lets have a look at what…
Issues in Creating Buy-in to New Software and Technology
There are few things more frustrating in business than putting in good new technology or software systems, and seeing them fail because your people will not use them. The industry failure rate for new implementations is estimated to be greater…