Barnes & Noble is reborn by being more social by design
Barnes & Noble’s recovery can be attributed to connecting it’s people to it’s community – A Social By Design Solution
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Barnes & Noble’s recovery can be attributed to connecting it’s people to it’s community – A Social By Design Solution
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Two key ideas behind Social By Design (SxD) are that 1. being social is natural and our organizations can consciously or unconsciously hinder connection and 2. to release social connection we need to focus on directly changing systems NOT directly changing people. Systems as you know refer to the rules, processes, protocols and procedures within
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Many tout the need to change mindsets around how our organizations are run. The argument is that leaders and managers need to think differently about people, work and power. For at least 10 years now I’ve been seeing, reading and listening (and honestly contributing some myself) to all the hyperbole and yet so little has
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I was recently chatting with a former colleague who remarked that in her small firm each day at 4:55pm people almost instinctually, unconsciously and simultaneous shut down their workstations. She bemoaned that it was a troubling culture of clock watchers and was looking for ways to change it to something more passionate, more devoted. Ah,
In today’s organizations the top down, hierarchy approach is seen as the antithesis of the modern, hyper-connected world. However, efforts to shift to emphasize greater transparency and openness have often floundered (holocracy and flat management). We’re learning that the ideal form won’t always result in ideal function. Noting my recent efforts of going upstream, Jon Husband suggested I read
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