Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Reading Reflection: Good to Great by Jim Collins - Chapter Seven: Technology Accelorators

Thinking of new technology, and its effect on organizations, you would think an organization would want to have the latest and greatest technology on hand, wouldn't you? According to Jim Collins and his research team, technology should be used as an accelerator of momentum, not a creator of it. What this basically means is, you can't make good use of technology until you know what you will be most useful to the organization. You won't know that until you can link those to your Hedgehog Concept (three circles).  Acting with strict discipline, one must avoid getting caught up in technology fads, and only focus on those that fit within their Hedgehog Concept. Then using those that fit, use those to accelerate your good-to-great momentum to the next level. 

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