Nothing New: Mixing Collaboration and Evaluation

"The idea of mixing collaboration and evaluation is new, and so far, few organizations support it, Rasmussen said. " has to be an editorial misunderstanding between Chris Rasmussen, knowledge manager at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the article author at Federal Computer Week (Official: Federal Web 2.0 tools should evolve, by Doug Beizer, Mar. 11, 2009. ). Obviously, evaluation to date has not been handled by some solitary individual sitting alone and thinking to himself.

Collaboration is and always has been a critical element in complex decision making, there's nothing new there. The article goes on to explain the "new" aspects of adopting web-based collaboration tools:

“The process that I’m talking about will require a massive executive push because we’re talking about turning certain systems off,” he said. “We’re talking about realigning reward structures. We’re talking about all sorts of things that the grassroots just can’t do. You need a massive organizational commitment to move to that level.”

Agreed, the effort and commitment need for organizational change will be large. But organizational change like this is far from new.