Working remotely en masse is bringing anxiety to traditional management. They used to walk by, see people at their desks, see them attending meetings, and see them having discussions. They felt confident people were working because they believed they could “see” it. Now they can’t. And now is the time we can change Work and
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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
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I often speak of org design and the intra systems that influence company behaviors. Things like company policy, procedures, recognition and rewards. But there are also greater inter or macrosystems at play which speak to a larger Culture of Work as opposed to the culture IN a workplace. For example take the adage of one
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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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