Also, with the click of a button, many people can be emailed an announcement of a meeting change. Potential uses are enormous. But, time and time again, in my personal coaching practice, I frequently see folks simply using technology to automate a poor time management system. They are in effect, paving the cow path, or putting lipstick on a pig. Putting lipstick on a pig makes the pig a little prettier, but underneath it, the pig is still a pig.
Cosmetic changes don t result in underlying structural change.
Technology can be used like lipstick, or to support a more fundamental realignment of a time management system. Using a handheld computer to manage appointments is great, but if we aren t making the correct appointments it doesn t help much. Most of us are very busy. Automating the tracking of all the harried appointments we keep during the day is nice. Faster technology speed creates quick movement.