I’ve always appreciated Social Network Analysis (SNA). I’ve even started taking a UC Berkley course on the topic in what I guess is a reverse learning path as I’ve known more of it practically through the work of Valdis Krebs and OrgNet and Jeppe Hansgaaard and Innovisor for example but decided I wanted to get […]
Today, to save lives, we’re being asked to practice physical distancing to the extreme. Shelter in place and self-quarantine are not normal activities and are challenging our personal needs, beliefs and behaviors by placing us in very uncomfortable and unfamiliar situations. And it’s this same uncomfortableness and unfamiliarity in organizational beliefs and practices that just
Like the Curve, Companies need to Flatten their Hierarchies Read More »
All small businesses care about 3 things. Finding customers Keeping customers Keeping costs low Finding customers is generally considered a marketing activity but today, your greatest marketers are your employees. If you have passionate people behind your product and services, who better to promote than them?? If they’re not, they don’t believe in you, what
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Today, with so many people physically (I won’t call it Social) distancing there is a mad scramble by organizations to support their employee learning needs. However, much appears to be in the form of formal efforts like online learning and virtual training. These each have value of course but there are some easier, more natural ways to
Social Learning @ Work – A Quick Start Guide Read More »
Three ways leadership can advance social in their organization are through encouragement, support, or modeling. Let’s say if you have to have leadership pick only one, which would it be? I’d argue it’s modeling. Here’s why. By the very connotation of the word, Leader, Leaders lead the way. They go first. They don’t direct, they
Social Leadership: Encourage, Support or Model? Pick One. Read More »
