Comments on: Warding off evil web projects http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/warding-off-evil-web-projects/ News and opinion on all things intranet & CM Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Robertson http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/warding-off-evil-web-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-601 James Robertson Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:40:02 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/?p=3210#comment-601 Hi Brian, not disagreeing at all! I live in the real world too. :-) The danger I'm more concerned with, however, is "burnt out" intranet teams who feel like they are "fighting" the organisation. Once things get to that point, nothing good can happen... Hi Brian, not disagreeing at all! I live in the real world too. :-)

The danger I’m more concerned with, however, is “burnt out” intranet teams who feel like they are “fighting” the organisation. Once things get to that point, nothing good can happen…

]]> By: Brian F http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/warding-off-evil-web-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Brian F Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:31:42 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/?p=3210#comment-597 Your positivity is a great personal quality but there are evil projects and, as Nissen hints, they're when a manager's personal goals and the organisation's goals are not the same. In my experience, the most common conflict is between a manager's desire to Be Seen To Be Doing Something and the overall goal of Doing What We Do Better, with a lot of time and money wasted spinning your wheels while the core business suffers neglect. Your positivity is a great personal quality but there are evil projects and, as Nissen hints, they’re when a manager’s personal goals and the organisation’s goals are not the same. In my experience, the most common conflict is between a manager’s desire to Be Seen To Be Doing Something and the overall goal of Doing What We Do Better, with a lot of time and money wasted spinning your wheels while the core business suffers neglect.

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