Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Isn't technology great?

I was listening in on a corporate "town hall" meeting several years ago where a brand-new VP was taking questions -- admirable for a guy just a few weeks on the job. Things hadn't been going well for the company as the Internet bubble burst, and some of the employees on the conference call were clearly frustrated. One person asked in great detail why our flagship e-procurement software had a particular bug, one likely attributed to some of the lofty goals, new technologies, and short deadlines behind our product. The employee rattled off the background of the issue in such great detail that there was really no way for the VP to answer intelligently. The first words out of the VP's mouth? "Isn't technology great?".

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