Comments on: You with me? Then let’s get synergistic! http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2008/02/22/you-with-me-then-lets-get-synergistic/ <h2>A words-based weblog by Manchester journalist David Quinn</h2> Sun, 15 May 2011 15:42:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robin http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2008/02/22/you-with-me-then-lets-get-synergistic/comment-page-1/#comment-2543 Robin Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:53:25 +0000 http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2008/02/22/you-with-me-then-lets-get-synergistic/#comment-2543 'Data solutions' seem to be the new silicon chips, Web 2.0 or, if you will, white elephant. The whole premise does seem to be that you can't possibly do your job unless you have access to a bafflingly wide-ranged and deeply complex array of largely irrelevant information that might somehow make your job slightly easier to do. These solutions are inveitably hugely expensive, preumably why investors and share-holders are taking note. I wonder if a share price would similarly improve if an employer announced that it was executing half of its workforce - no pesky pay-offs. So I can see the attraction. I do wonder, though, if the bubble will burst at some point and everyone realises that the information is just a massive waste of time and actually getting on with your job is probably a better return on investment. Finally: 'Those who survived chief executive Sir Crispin Davis's presentation'. Heh! ‘Data solutions’ seem to be the new silicon chips, Web 2.0 or, if you will, white elephant. The whole premise does seem to be that you can’t possibly do your job unless you have access to a bafflingly wide-ranged and deeply complex array of largely irrelevant information that might somehow make your job slightly easier to do.

These solutions are inveitably hugely expensive, preumably why investors and share-holders are taking note. I wonder if a share price would similarly improve if an employer announced that it was executing half of its workforce – no pesky pay-offs.

So I can see the attraction. I do wonder, though, if the bubble will burst at some point and everyone realises that the information is just a massive waste of time and actually getting on with your job is probably a better return on investment.

Finally: ‘Those who survived chief executive Sir Crispin Davis’s presentation’. Heh!

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