[Sigia-l] Re: Large Orgs

[Lyle_Kantrovich at cargill.com]

Ziya said:
"the secret of being happy working for a large
org is to realize that the best you can do with IA is to provide support 
for
its large/complex structure, and not to think that you can 
change/subvert
it."

I sort of agree, but not totally.  Happiness comes in many flavors.  
A. You can be happy if you don't care about something (ignorantly 
happy).  "Hey Bud, I'm just doing my job, and like, wow, they even send 
me a check every two weeks."

B. You can be happy striving to achieve an insurmountable goal (happy 
with the exertion and a lofty goal/dream.)

C. You can be happy by making incremental, regular progress toward an 
unlikely, but possible, long-term goal.  

I like to think that I'm trying to help steer a big ship.  It might turn 
slowly at times, but dammit, it's gonna turn!  :)  I may not necessarily 
be changing or subverting the company's structure, but rather helping it 
evolve.  

Then again, ever heard of a spark, a catalyst, a "change agent?"...Maybe 
I'm really makin' big changes, but I'ma keepin' 'em secret uhntil ah see 
duh whytes a der eyes.  Sorry, I slipped into "redneck" fer a secund.  
Is it Friday yet? :)


Lyle

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Lyle Kantrovich
User Experience Architect
Cargill 
http://www.cargill.com/

Croc O' Lyle - Personal Commentary on usability, information 
architecture and design.
http://crocolyle.blogspot.com/


-----Original Message-----
From: listera at rcn.com [mailto:listera at rcn.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:58 AM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Re: Large Orgs


"Lyle_Kantrovich at cargill.com" wrote:

> The fact is it's not Large company = bad IA, but rather Big company =
> big, nasty puzzle to solve from an IA standpoint.

This is correct. Furthermore, the secret of being happy working for a 
large
org is to realize that the best you can do with IA is to provide support 
for
its large/complex structure, and not to think that you can 
change/subvert
it.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 


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