Good timing (or have we reached the tipping point?): IBM has launched a “Smarter Planet” initiative which pretty much covers the main change streams of Barack Obama’s change programme (analysis by James Governor).
I agree with Luis Suarez that this initiative lacks one decisive point: people & collaboration. Technology alone won’t be sufficient as we all know:
Meant is not said,
Said is not heard,
Heard is not understood,
Understood is not accepted,
Accepted is not adopted,
Adopted is not retained.
(Konrad Lorenz)
