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These business leaders are correct in thinking that participatory technologies
are founded upon bottom-up involvement from frontline staffers and that this
pattern is fundamentally different from the rollout of ERP systems, for example,
where compliance with rules is mandatory. Successful participation, however,
requires not only grassroots activity but also a different leadership approach:
senior executives often become role models and lead through informal channels.

the applications that drive the most value through participatory technologies
often aren’t those that management expects.

Chapter 3  Community
goals (PDF)

if you aren’t rejecting or dumping things every single day, you don’t know your
priority

I’m staggered whenever a Director-level or higher executive claims they have 3,
5, 7, or 27 “priorities.” Because, at that level, your entire career is defined
by the unbelievably great ideas that you reject. Painfully giant, wonderful,
terrific opportunities that you simply don’t have the capacity to address
without screwing up the real priority.