Tools Are the Wings New Concepts Fly On
Something that is becoming more obvious to me with age – tools are crucial. Usually, it’s a tech guy’s belief. Or problem. Tech guys often think that tools provide solutions, whereas people provide problems. If you are talking about support, yes, it’s often true :-) However, if one is talking about the end result, the product or deliverable – it’s… not true (alas, people often are “the weak link”). But… In “I need to build a house, what kind of hammer should I buy?” Seth Godin writes:
“If you want to do something worth doing, you'll need two things: passion and architecture. The tools will take care of themselves.”
Passion and architecture (or concept) – both are very important. It’s really about the people. Tools, however,* won’t take care of themselves*. (Seth explains his point a bit further in the entry, so please refer to his entry.) Value is usually created by people. Tools are *the *platform used to create that value. I’ve seen too many initiatives fail because of missing, bad or inappropriate tools.