Comments on: Technology-Easier Than It Looks http://upstarthr.com/technology-easier-than-it-looks/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lyn Hoyt http://upstarthr.com/technology-easier-than-it-looks/#comment-3373 Lyn Hoyt Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:16:33 +0000 http://upstarthr.com/?p=1096#comment-3373 I fall under "Too Technical" and "Willing to Learn". I fall under “Too Technical” and “Willing to Learn”.

]]> By: Ben http://upstarthr.com/technology-easier-than-it-looks/#comment-3339 Ben Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:34:28 +0000 http://upstarthr.com/?p=1096#comment-3339 Sometimes it's amazing how obvious the answer really is, but others think there has to be this ginormously complex solution. I recently presented a proposal to change a website's framework to Wordpress, potentially saving the organization thousands of dollars in the next few years. Several people in the audience were immediately skeptical. <em>How could something free be good?</em> I<strong> love</strong> the learning curve comment. I totally agree. Sometimes it’s amazing how obvious the answer really is, but others think there has to be this ginormously complex solution.

I recently presented a proposal to change a website’s framework to WordPress, potentially saving the organization thousands of dollars in the next few years. Several people in the audience were immediately skeptical. How could something free be good?

I love the learning curve comment. I totally agree.

]]> By: Jason Seiden http://upstarthr.com/technology-easier-than-it-looks/#comment-3333 Jason Seiden Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:14:41 +0000 http://upstarthr.com/?p=1096#comment-3333 Ben, I had a client years ago who needed an internal communication tool. They spent years unable to roll out their multi-million dollar enterprise solution. During one of our management training sessions, someone came up with the idea that could be implemented via an Excel spreadsheet. Fast forward a year: training a different group of executives, someone in this 120,000+ person company stood up and told the group about this great Excel-based solution their team was using, completely unaware of where the idea had started! That's another power of simple solutions: because of the low learning curve, they spread easily and quickly. .-= Jason Seiden´s last blog ..<a href="http://jasonseiden.com/do-it-right-the-first-time-my-foot/" rel="nofollow">Do It Right the First Time, My Foot!</a> =-. Ben, I had a client years ago who needed an internal communication tool. They spent years unable to roll out their multi-million dollar enterprise solution.

During one of our management training sessions, someone came up with the idea that could be implemented via an Excel spreadsheet. Fast forward a year: training a different group of executives, someone in this 120,000+ person company stood up and told the group about this great Excel-based solution their team was using, completely unaware of where the idea had started!

That’s another power of simple solutions: because of the low learning curve, they spread easily and quickly.
.-= Jason Seiden´s last blog ..Do It Right the First Time, My Foot! =-.

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