Comments on: Paradigms shifting https://effectivedatabase.com/paradigms-shifting/ Making data management a revenue generator Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott Oser https://effectivedatabase.com/paradigms-shifting/#comment-999 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:22:53 +0000 http://effectivedatabase.com/?p=455#comment-999 Wes,

I am surprised that more companies are not using this “technology.” They had the same kind of system at AAAS when I worked there and that was in 1997. It took me a while to get used to but when I did I liked it. It allows you to save time because when you were getting on in the lobby and were going to one of the higher floors you typically did not have to be on the same elevator with someone who decided not to use the stairs to get to the second floor. It also presumably was more efficient because not every car had the opportunity to stop at every floor. Some times I did question the decision making of the computer since some of the cars I got on with folks going to other floors didn’t seem to make sense but the majority of the time it did speed the trip.

I do have to add it was kind of humorous at times to watch the folks who were visiting try and figure out what to do.

]]> By: Kerry Stackpole, CAE IOM https://effectivedatabase.com/paradigms-shifting/#comment-998 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:59:52 +0000 http://effectivedatabase.com/?p=455#comment-998 Wes, it’s fair to say the paradigm shift is back “big time” as a certain politician used to say. Elevators, social media, business strategy, financial restructuring and if recent developments are any indicator deep within the AMS systems available to the association community. It seems the challenge at hand is to properly set the expectations curve appropriately. Expect lots of complexity and confusion in the early go, and then manage the developing productivity and integration of your knowledge management systems on the tail. Now if I could only remember to get on the correct elevator—oh, I mean search query.

]]> By: David M. Patt, CAE https://effectivedatabase.com/paradigms-shifting/#comment-997 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:56:10 +0000 http://effectivedatabase.com/?p=455#comment-997 Interesting perspective, Wes. When I first encountered Forum’s elevators, I was offended by the apparent nod to security. Along with the “show your ID” in the lobby (which I detest), I was now transported by an elevator that did not give me the freedom to get off at any floor I wanted. It took me only where I was supposed to go.

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