Comments on: “Get out of the way, kid!” http://guamaso.com/2010/02/get-out-of-the-way-kid/ Just another family blog. Now with more Mexican! Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JuanO http://guamaso.com/2010/02/get-out-of-the-way-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-4007 JuanO Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:43:51 +0000 http://guamaso.com/?p=2053#comment-4007 There's more to the dynamics than I'm describing - there are old people that don't learn as quickly as younger people do. Doctor's seem to be resistant to technology by design. And the rest of them feel that it's more work than it's worth to learn these new techniques. In the end, they are all afraid of change. For people like us, these changes are easy because they're exciting and fun. I love coming up with solutions for people. Solutions usually mean change. Anyway, this place has been in business for over 20 years and I imagine how much paper they'll save with this new software. A ton of paper is an awesome feat! I'll give them a few months before they realize that this is easier and i was right. Won't do me much good at that point except for the simple satisfaction that I left them better off. There’s more to the dynamics than I’m describing – there are old people that don’t learn as quickly as younger people do. Doctor’s seem to be resistant to technology by design. And the rest of them feel that it’s more work than it’s worth to learn these new techniques. In the end, they are all afraid of change. For people like us, these changes are easy because they’re exciting and fun. I love coming up with solutions for people. Solutions usually mean change.
Anyway, this place has been in business for over 20 years and I imagine how much paper they’ll save with this new software. A ton of paper is an awesome feat!
I’ll give them a few months before they realize that this is easier and i was right. Won’t do me much good at that point except for the simple satisfaction that I left them better off.

]]> By: Morning Toast http://guamaso.com/2010/02/get-out-of-the-way-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-4004 Morning Toast Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:59:01 +0000 http://guamaso.com/?p=2053#comment-4004 I hear you, man. I spent 5 years working to get a company as paperless as possible and while saw all the stuff that needed to get done, it was hard dealing with the fact you can't just change cold turkey. I'm of a mind that says you work hard at planning the system, and when it's done (and tested), you apply it full force and go from there. If you spend too much time living in both worlds shit gets lost and you don't gain anything. In the end the company got a lot more paperless, but far from what I knew they could have achieved if they had believed in what was going on. One fun thing I did those was write a paper counter into the applications that tracked how many sheets of paper was being saved. The one application has been in place for a little over 3 years and right now the counter says that about 152884 sheets of paper have been saved - and that's a LOW estimate. That's over a ton of paper. People like us that are "masters" will never learn patience because we know we're always right :) If only everyone else knew that... I hear you, man. I spent 5 years working to get a company as paperless as possible and while saw all the stuff that needed to get done, it was hard dealing with the fact you can’t just change cold turkey.

I’m of a mind that says you work hard at planning the system, and when it’s done (and tested), you apply it full force and go from there. If you spend too much time living in both worlds shit gets lost and you don’t gain anything.

In the end the company got a lot more paperless, but far from what I knew they could have achieved if they had believed in what was going on.

One fun thing I did those was write a paper counter into the applications that tracked how many sheets of paper was being saved. The one application has been in place for a little over 3 years and right now the counter says that about 152884 sheets of paper have been saved – and that’s a LOW estimate. That’s over a ton of paper.

People like us that are “masters” will never learn patience because we know we’re always right :) If only everyone else knew that…

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