Comments on: Does Caution Prevent Productivity? http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html A discussion of knowledge management that goes above and beyond technology. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: VMaryAbraham http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html/comment-page-1#comment-1506 VMaryAbraham Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:01:47 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=1697#comment-1506 Glad to hear things are moving forward, Rick. There's definitely light at<br>the end of your search engine tunnel.<br><br>And yes, I am such an attorney! ;-)<br><br>- Mary Glad to hear things are moving forward, Rick. There's definitely light at
the end of your search engine tunnel.

And yes, I am such an attorney! ;-)

- Mary

]]> By: VMaryAbraham http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html/comment-page-1#comment-946 VMaryAbraham Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:01:47 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=1697#comment-946 Glad to hear things are moving forward, Rick. There's definitely light at<br>the end of your search engine tunnel.<br><br>And yes, I am such an attorney! ;-)<br><br>- Mary Glad to hear things are moving forward, Rick. There's definitely light at
the end of your search engine tunnel.

And yes, I am such an attorney! ;-)

- Mary

]]> By: Rick Ladd http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html/comment-page-1#comment-943 Rick Ladd Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:50:10 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=1697#comment-943 Mary, you're such an attorney :0) While I really thought of my questions as essentially rhetorical, I'm impressed with your response, unnecessary though it was. I received an email this afternoon from the Director of IT who was transmitting some suggestions she had made to our IP attorney, all of which I thought were useful and cognizant of the issues involved. Her final sentence, "The data is what needs to be managed, not the tool." I think her suggestions were eminently reasonable, and easily workable. She hinted, as well, that the situation would be addressed and remedied shortly. I'm gratified this looks to be no more than a minor speed bump.<br><br>Rick Mary, you're such an attorney :0) While I really thought of my questions as essentially rhetorical, I'm impressed with your response, unnecessary though it was. I received an email this afternoon from the Director of IT who was transmitting some suggestions she had made to our IP attorney, all of which I thought were useful and cognizant of the issues involved. Her final sentence, “The data is what needs to be managed, not the tool.” I think her suggestions were eminently reasonable, and easily workable. She hinted, as well, that the situation would be addressed and remedied shortly. I'm gratified this looks to be no more than a minor speed bump.

Rick

]]> By: VMaryAbraham http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html/comment-page-1#comment-941 VMaryAbraham Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:40:09 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=1697#comment-941 Thanks, Rick. The photo is terrific, isn't it? It's provided under a Creative Commons license so it should be available for further use.<br><br>It sounds like the situation you're facing is very frustrating. Without talking to your IP attorney, it's hard (and inadvisable) for me to comment from a distance. Hopefully, the powers that be will figure out soon whether the benefits of the search engine outweigh the risks. <br><br>- Mary Thanks, Rick. The photo is terrific, isn't it? It's provided under a Creative Commons license so it should be available for further use.

It sounds like the situation you're facing is very frustrating. Without talking to your IP attorney, it's hard (and inadvisable) for me to comment from a distance. Hopefully, the powers that be will figure out soon whether the benefits of the search engine outweigh the risks.

- Mary

]]> By: VMaryAbraham http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html/comment-page-1#comment-940 VMaryAbraham Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:13:49 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=1697#comment-940 Thanks for your kind words and for the fabulous story, Jay. I might have to start watching Red Sox games!<br><br>- Mary Thanks for your kind words and for the fabulous story, Jay. I might have to start watching Red Sox games!

- Mary

]]> By: Rick Ladd http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html/comment-page-1#comment-936 Rick Ladd Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:27:05 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=1697#comment-936 Great photo! Can I steal it? We just had a situation where our use of a semantic search engine we've been using for almost seven years serendipitously unearthed some social security numbers that were on a server they shouldn't have been on. Our legal department's (actually, our IP attorney's) response was to remove access from virtually everything.<br><br>I was just getting ready to use this search engine to look for "lessons learned" we may have recorded but lost over the years, as well as receive a couple of hours of training in the use of the innovation capabilities of this tool, and this stopped me dead in my tracks.<br><br>Now I fully understand the need for "due diligence" to ensure we address what happened and to take steps to protect private information (I doubt it's as much for the sake of the employee, as it is to guard against a charge of negligence against the organization), but I tend to think this was a bit overboard. Hopefully, we'll soon back off the draconian restrictions and allow use of the tool for its designed purpose; enhancing our innovative capabilities.<br><br>Do you think I'm being too harsh, Mary, or was this an example of justified caution?<br><br>Rick Great photo! Can I steal it? We just had a situation where our use of a semantic search engine we've been using for almost seven years serendipitously unearthed some social security numbers that were on a server they shouldn't have been on. Our legal department's (actually, our IP attorney's) response was to remove access from virtually everything.

I was just getting ready to use this search engine to look for “lessons learned” we may have recorded but lost over the years, as well as receive a couple of hours of training in the use of the innovation capabilities of this tool, and this stopped me dead in my tracks.

Now I fully understand the need for “due diligence” to ensure we address what happened and to take steps to protect private information (I doubt it's as much for the sake of the employee, as it is to guard against a charge of negligence against the organization), but I tend to think this was a bit overboard. Hopefully, we'll soon back off the draconian restrictions and allow use of the tool for its designed purpose; enhancing our innovative capabilities.

Do you think I'm being too harsh, Mary, or was this an example of justified caution?

Rick

]]> By: jayshepherd http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/2009/08/does-caution-prevent-productivity.html/comment-page-1#comment-934 jayshepherd Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:40:06 +0000 http://aboveandbeyondkm.com/?p=1697#comment-934 Great post, great photo, and really good discussion. Thanks for the shout out, Mary. Keep up the great work. — Jay Great post, great photo, and really good discussion. Thanks for the shout out, Mary. Keep up the great work. — Jay

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