Re:The latest version of Slack has a setting to disable the ...
by BurningFrog on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @06:40PM
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The turning point is when tools go from something enthusiasts choose to being mandated by management.
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Re:The latest version of Slack has a setting to disable the ...
by braythwayt on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @08:16PM
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Digging deeper on your excellent comment, when ai was inEnterprise Sales, we were taught that there were people who made buying decisions, people who influenced buying decisions, and users.
Sometimes users belonged to one of the first two categories, but often not. Companies that pivot from selling to people who use the product to selling to enterprise organizations pivot from building things for users, to building things for decision-makers and decision-influencers.
So it’s not only that management are choosing products for users, but the products themselves evolve to please managers at the expense of users.