Challenge!!!!
Brendan | Homepage | 09.10.07 - 3:51 pm | #

That sounds so familiar. Not just in the private sector though, but in organisations you wouldn't believe: http://www.thelongtail.com/the_l...lack-wire- .html
Jeremy Gould | Homepage | 09.10.07 - 6:40 pm | #

There's an article in this month's (Nov 2007) Policy Options magazine on the topic of networked government and the short-sightedness of blocking Facebook. Here's an excerpt:

"“There is an interesting irony in the recent decisions of a number of governments to prevent public servants from accessing Facebook. This website is dedicated to creating networks — precisely what public servants should be doing. Facebook and networks like it are the future — the politicians use it — and the challenge lies in using them properly, not in denying access.

The Facebook issue gives a clue as to what ails our public service right now. It involves nannying politicians, old mentality bureaucrats who don’t understand the potential of new technologies and the needs of transparency, and the urgent obligation to vastly improve the government’s ability to network.”
- Dutil, Patrice and Reid, Tim. “Time for a New, Networked Public Service”. Policy Options. IRPP: November 2007.
Carolyn | 11.28.07 - 5:48 pm | #