We fear change. Any attempt to offset our current business practices will be shot down with extreme ignorance. That goes double for any type of new technology that may present a learning curve. One day, disaster will strike, but until then it ain’t broke, so we’re not fixing it.
These are the words I imagine hearing from my CFO when I ask him to consider upgrading our antiquated phone systems. The owner is from the ‘old country’ and if something were ever to happen to the phone system, he would “Go Jihad” over it… and that is a direct quote.
So what about having no backup system and a glitchy system processor? That spells disaster in my book. But even the simplest upgrade would require an altercation to our phone service, so it is deemed too risky and forgotten entirely. So we keep adding phone lines and choking the system? Thats what is happening.
Managing veterans out there: shed some light on this subject. How can I get my CFO to consider an upgrade and not make it seem like I’m trying to flip the company upside down due to my own naivity.
I’ve only been here a year and I want my concerns to be taken seriously when I present them. I feel like I’m trying to sell him something, which never works out for me.