SearchCIO.com has an interesting article on how an increasing number of employees are ignoring IT and "installing" Web 2.0 apps on their own - not just because the apps are fun but because they're useful.
"Alas, herein lies the argument. These rogue users aren't just checking their MySpace pages or chatting with overseas friends via Skype. They're using those technologies to be more productive at work. For instance, 53.6% of respondents told Yankee Group that they would be more productive at work with access to the applications and technology they use at home. Forty-nine percent said their personal technology is more advanced than their workplace technology."
Many organizations resist and discourage the adoption of Web 2.0 on the assumption that it reduces productivity. Some of this is certainly justified. But when the rank and file finds a better mousetrap, it may be time to stop thinking of them as rogues.
At the risk of whistle blowing on myself, I guess I would be considered a "rogue". I use a feed reader, Facebook, Linkedin, three different wiki platforms and I even used Windows Live Writer on my work computer to write this post. Am I a rouge? I really don't know or care. I definitely feel I'm more productive as result.
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