O mito da tecnologia

Ler o que se segue, para alguém com o meu passado, é um pouco como regressar ao final dos anos 80 do século passado. Um tempo em que muito dinheiro da CEE entrou no país para comprar máquinas novas, para comprar tecnologia, para criar as empresas portuguesas do futuro:

"For many companies, customer strategy development means buying a piece of technology. They want to believe that a magic gizmo will relieve them of the need to confront the tough tasks of strategic planning, process development, and change management. [Moi ici: Atrevo-me a pensar que genuinamente acreditavam que comprar tecnologia era o certo, era o adequado, era a resposta] Technology is merely a tool. It cannot do the job for you. You cannot simply buy a hammer and a saw and expect a full dining room set to happen by itself. No brush and collection of paints will create a masterpiece. In fact, it’s foolish to buy tools at all before you have a plan dictating which ones you need.
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If companies truly seek profitable, lasting relationships, they will have to make a series of tough decisions to determine their success. The first decision is to stop the indecision. The lack of an active decision to address the Fatal Mistakes is a form of choice - a choice that prefers the current operational mode over a customer-centric strategy. By not making the decision to eliminate the root cause of the problem, the fatal failure, companies vote against their customers."

Trecho retirado de "Passionate and profitable : why customer strategies fail and ten steps to do them right" de Lior Arussy.