I suppose if this was a forum for money matters we'd have stories about how bad CFO's are.
Mike On Dec 15, 2007 2:06 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >IT folks are not anti-social - go to any social event that attracts > >eclectic folks and you will find IT folks out and about and getting > >along just fine with other IT folks, artists, artisans, musicians, > >alternative lifestyle folks, etc. Many IT folks are these things > >outside of work. > > I don't see it as being anti-social. I see it as not being interested in > what the other people are doing -- not American Idol -- but accounting, > member service, newsletters, mass mailings, etc. They don't actually look > at the computers they are managing and don't notice when they are working > crappy. They don't make suggestions or look for ways to make the > organization's work go better. > > When I go on site I am often mobbed by computer users. They don't want to > talk about sports or trivia, they very much want to talk to me about > computers. They are thrilled that just a few minutes of attention can > whipe away painful, time-wasting problems. They actually get more > interested in computers when they see things can work right. > > Recently, I solved a problem and showed the computer user how something > she did caused the problem. I took the time to show them exactly what > happened and demonstrated the fix. The rest of the day as I did my rounds > I heard the story retold over and over again. The office grapevine > quickly got the word out. The staff was actively interested and > individuals took the initiative to correct their own computers. > > Meanwhile I recently visited an organization with an autocratic IT > manager. One group had managed to get their tiny monitors replaced with > 19-inch widescreens. Then they discovered that the drivers on their PCs > could not drive these screens. They asked IT take care of it. After a > long wait one of the staff downloaded the drivers from the manufacturer's > website (Dell) and everyone upgraded their drivers. Suddenly IT was > paying attention with a brouhaha over "users" modifying their computers. > I would fire the IT manager. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
