Many big companies still don’t know what they don’t know about leveraging on the technology to make their work more efficient. You can be surprised that many of them are still using the “best” office software for all their needs. i.e. They cannot live without their Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Simply said, they are stucked with using Microsoft Office software or else their business may be affected.
Please don’t get me wrong. I am in favor of using Microsoft Office. In fact, I have software in my Nokia N95 which allows me to view and edit the Office files.
What I mean is that they are basically using the wrong tools for the “right” jobs. For example,
- they use Microsoft PowerPoint to write a whole bunch of words for their boss to see, thinking that it is better to see wordy document in the form of presentation slide.
- they use Microsoft Word and tabulate information which is better done with Microsoft Excel.
- they use Microsoft Excel, to write in all the words which Microsoft Word can do a better job.
- the worst is that they have to share the manipulation of so many Office files with many users!!!
Have these people thought of using blog, wiki, or web-based project management?
Fears of starting such applications
Definitely, they would think this is a good choice. ”But” the barrier is with the fear of learning curve to adapt to new working environment. The fear of implementing and maintaining such web-based applications from the perspective of the IT department.
They may knew it, but they are not touching it
They are all logical people. They would think that it is still not time to work on such things. After “calculating” all the “risks”, they have decided to keep with the old system. They would not want to do anything silly or look silly.
Their “face” is much more important than “risking” for an improvement.
So many web tools
There are so many online tools to use. We virtually only need to have a laptop. And I think we only need a web browser. Preferably, I would suggest to have Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. That’s just in case any of them is not suitable with certain browser. Interestingly, they are downloadable without any cost!
What are you waiting for?
