Comments on: Why Bans Don’t Work http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/ Driving Oracle Innovation Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jake http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-489 Jake Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:35:13 +0000 http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-489 Weird, maybe that has to do with obscuring the URL, if it's internal. I'm interested to hear the official story of why, would be educational. Thanks, nice addition to the conversation. Jake Weird, maybe that has to do with obscuring the URL, if it’s internal. I’m interested to hear the official story of why, would be educational.
Thanks, nice addition to the conversation.
Jake

]]> By: Fabio Seixas http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-486 Fabio Seixas Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:19:42 +0000 http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-486 The other day someone told me that their company bans tinyurl.com. Don't ask me why. The other day someone told me that their company bans tinyurl.com. Don’t ask me why.

]]> By: Noons http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-385 Noons Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:56:52 +0000 http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-385 Jake, too right, mate. Top post! Jake,

too right, mate. Top post!

]]> By: Jake http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-383 Jake Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:24:51 +0000 http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-383 It's not just looking dumb anymore; it's costing companies. I don't think we can blame IT; they will always take the conservative approach, which is correct for IT. It's management's failure to take a forward-looking stance, rather than accepting the knee-jerk "ban everything" reaction. Quoth The Dead Milkmen, "we gotta blow up those things we don't understand". Jake It’s not just looking dumb anymore; it’s costing companies. I don’t think we can blame IT; they will always take the conservative approach, which is correct for IT. It’s management’s failure to take a forward-looking stance, rather than accepting the knee-jerk “ban everything” reaction.

Quoth The Dead Milkmen, “we gotta blow up those things we don’t understand”.

Jake

]]> By: Meg http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-381 Meg Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:04:50 +0000 http://oracleappslab.com/2007/08/30/why-bans-dont-work/#comment-381 I was recently surprised, listening to a someone in IT [for a very large corporation], who mentioned that their big employee initiative was to add support for IM. This was not a long time ago, this was less then a year ago, and I found myself horrified that they consider this new. I am hopeful that IT is learning its lesson and, as you say, realizing that controlling progress by creating bans will not work and will ultimately make them look dumb. I was recently surprised, listening to a someone in IT [for a very large corporation], who mentioned that their big employee initiative was to add support for IM.

This was not a long time ago, this was less then a year ago, and I found myself horrified that they consider this new.

I am hopeful that IT is learning its lesson and, as you say, realizing that controlling progress by creating bans will not work and will ultimately make them look dumb.

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