Comments on: Microsoft, 7 choices and the problem with mass http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/11/microsoft-mass/ A blog on entrepreneurship, user experience, and web innovation. Published by Fred Oliveira. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mario http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/11/microsoft-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-21991 Mario Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:48:19 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/11/microsoft-mass/#comment-21991 Mmm... Fred sounds like your after a job ;-) Mmm… Fred sounds like your after a job ;-)

]]> By: Alex Barnett http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/11/microsoft-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-8860 Alex Barnett Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:49:28 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/11/microsoft-mass/#comment-8860 My sense is that change is occurring, all be slow change. My personal feeling is that if the idea is great and, as Robert points out, you can convince others to get them done, there is lots of opportunity. The catalyst for this change is Ozzie who in my view 'gets the Net' like no other exec I know at Microsoft. He is the one to win over in order to get over the committees issue Robert refers too...He would change things faster if he could, but as with all establishments, there are clans with power that will time to break down before some of the significant breakthroughs are made. I really hope to see Ozzie's impact start shining through in 2007. My sense is that change is occurring, all be slow change. My personal feeling is that if the idea is great and, as Robert points out, you can convince others to get them done, there is lots of opportunity.

The catalyst for this change is Ozzie who in my view ‘gets the Net’ like no other exec I know at Microsoft. He is the one to win over in order to get over the committees issue Robert refers too…He would change things faster if he could, but as with all establishments, there are clans with power that will time to break down before some of the significant breakthroughs are made.

I really hope to see Ozzie’s impact start shining through in 2007.

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/11/microsoft-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-8828 Robert Scoble Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:20:03 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/11/microsoft-mass/#comment-8828 I disagree that ideas aren't going from the bottom to the top. Gates has the ThinkWeek paper process that gets ideas to bubble up. The problem isn't ideas. It's convincing other people to do them. There are too many committees that suck the life out of ideas. This isn't a "top/bottom" thing. I don't know how you solve it either. Except getting some exceptional managers who have dictatorial powers and can get people to stop behaving that way. Steve Jobs, when he came back to Apple, had those kind of powers. I disagree that ideas aren’t going from the bottom to the top. Gates has the ThinkWeek paper process that gets ideas to bubble up.

The problem isn’t ideas. It’s convincing other people to do them. There are too many committees that suck the life out of ideas. This isn’t a “top/bottom” thing.

I don’t know how you solve it either. Except getting some exceptional managers who have dictatorial powers and can get people to stop behaving that way. Steve Jobs, when he came back to Apple, had those kind of powers.

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