How Microsoft can shut down Mini-Microsoft

Posted on April 24, 2006
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In my travels promoting blogging within SAP I am often asked the question “what if an employee blogger writes something bad or embarrassing about SAP?”. My response to that question is “well if what they are writing is true, don’t you think we should really be worried about fixing it?”. This stuff is really very simple for me.

For years companies like SAP and Microsoft have built layers of management that have the side-effect of separating the most senior leaders from those they lead. If it were that the only thing employee blogging did was serve as an early warning system for executives, then that alone would be worthwhile. If every problem raised by a blogger was fixed, or every opportunity realized, then SAP would be a better company because of it, better for shareholders, employees, and customers.

Read all of Robert’s post, it’s a good one.

Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger » How Microsoft can shut down Mini-Microsoft: I dream of a Microsoft that no longer has anything for Mini, or his commenters to complain about. I dream of a day where every Microsoft employee feels like they are part of a mission, a positive mission for the improvement of all humankind. Where they feel like they are being compensated fairly, and if they don’t feel it’s fair, that they at least see what behaviors will bring better compensation. Where Microsoft customers and shareholders feel excited by our vision, marketing, and service execution again and will go on blogs and in BusinessWeek and say “they turned a corner.”

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