A Return to Common Sense Fueled by Mistakes

Not that we have fully departed (although some may say differently), but when something new is introduced – I don’t care what it is – we, as humans, often lose our common sense.  We try things we would never have tried before.  We push the limits.  We act in ways that, in other contexts, we would never think of acting.  Sometimes in these ‘departings’ we discover something new and wonderful.  But most of the time we return to common sense.

Twitter opens up and people feel more free to say things they would never have said.  For example, @connor Tweeted: “Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.”  Smart?  No. Did he get the job?  Doubt it.

Or you can get on Facebook and talk about how you don’t like your job and then lose it.  The choice is yours.

So in the enterprise (E2.0) world, what do many people want to do?  Lock down.  But wait – give people a chance to return to common sense before you lock down.  Let a few people make fools of themselves.  It is OK.  It is fun to watch, doesn’t take very long for normalization to happen and usually is only a minor embarrassment.  But they will return.

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