How dare you be productive in ways I don't understand?

I had a few minutes to spare during a break in a workshop. The workshop participant proudly explained to me how he had shut down the use of IM, Twitter, Facebook and other ‘time-wasting’ applications on his company’s network and company-issued cell-phones.

I shared with him how he could harness those applications to improve external and internal communications, rather than view them as ‘time-wasting’. He said:

“I don’t want my people being productive in ways I don’t understand.“

What change are you balking at because you don’t understand it?

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About the Author

Les McKeown is the Founder and CEO of Predictable Success.

Les is the author of "Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization On the Growth Track - and Keeping It There". "The Synergist: How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success", "Do Lead: Share Your Vision. Inspire Others. Achieve the Impossible" and most recently "Do Scale: A Roadmap to Building a Remarkable Company".