tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106782.post2415419231382663143..comments2024-03-27T10:47:33.255+00:00Comments on Architecture, Data and Intelligence: Strategy isn't a DirectionRichard Veryardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499123397533975655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106782.post-17650142026447807502008-07-18T21:44:00.000+01:002008-07-18T21:44:00.000+01:00Hi Richard,Technology initiative mean little with ...Hi Richard,<BR/><BR/>Technology initiative mean little with out the business goal.<BR/><BR/>People are to passionate about technology and often forget about it's purpose which is a ***tool***.<BR/><BR/>A workperson looks after his/her tools because they help that person perform their job that pays a wage that allows them to have a life outside of work.<BR/><BR/>Yes I so no bad thing in getting passionate about a tool, I like my car very much specially as I live in the middle of the English countryside and not in a crowded city this is what this tools gives me. <BR/><BR/>People who think a little to much of their tools need some perspective.<BR/><BR/>Now to the point, Generals used tools, weapons, troops and intangible tools like tactics and formations. To achieve their goals of winning the battles. That all in some small part helped to win wars. This is strategy. A tool is a small part of a wonderious and complex set of abstractions that help humankind whether a country in a war to an organisation wanting to be number 1 in it's market to the small market trader who needs to make £100 a day achieve their goals.David Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894760937076117103noreply@blogger.com