Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and later “Zuck” are legendary founders and leaders. And it’s true, the founder can be an intangible value if they are good at it, which these folks were. Their cult of success soon led to numerous consultants and authors trying (successfully) to convince us that the next Gates and Jobs […]
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I talk a lot about a social organization and James Tyer and I will elaborate in our book, Social By Design, but I thought it would be helpful to share what we mean. A social organization is a conversational organization. And yes, all types exist and are encouraged as knowing people on a deeper level
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I’ve always felt L&D as a department was kind of forced into that space since that’s how traditional organizational design works; skills, tasks, departments, etc. But unlike Accounting or Marketing, “learning” doesn’t play nice with ROI. We have also come to accept that “learning” doesn’t come in one flavor, i.e. training. Most, however, subscribe to
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Let’s be honest, when people say “leader” they really mean manager or someone in the c-suite. Next, people think if these folks could become better listeners, build trust, reveal their failures, do the thing and everyone will follow, etc. then the trickle-down cultural effect will be amazing. Well, it’s not. Like you, I’ve been reading
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I contend that beliefs form from repeated behaviors. This could be your own behavior, an observed behavior, or a behavior projected on you by another’s story (an authority tells you). I also contend that our behaviors are influenced (guided or supported) consciously or unconsciously by systems. Systems are often the context we’re in, our environment,
