Getting Tools, Technology and Planning in the right order
My colleague Jon Stahl at ONENW sent along a great article about tools, technology, and technology literacy. In turn, he was referring to an article by Eugene Kim - so now that I’m writing about BOTH of those articles - this is starting to be pretty nested.
So here’s the takeaway (in three parts):
- Eugene was recently reminded that the technology fluency of any group is varied - and that it can be easy to let tech tools (or even possible tech tools) stop the conversation. Better to leave talking about those tools until later!
- Jon’s takeaway was also terrific -when thinking about technology tools, it can be easy to drop into what Jon calls “magical thinking” - that sense that if you just find the right tool all will be well - when in reality - the better effort is to get your process and objectives clarified.
- And me? I think a combination of both:
- Some of us assume the best of technology, and some the worst - and when we’re problem solving, planning and dreaming how to do our work more effectively - it’s not fair to make those assumptions for the rest of the group!
- Clarity about goals and objectives and outcomes should drive the process, not the available tools, nor the magical ones!
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