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 […]
Seeing Organizational Patterns Read More »
Since my post Vox Populi was written and shared I have had the fortunate opportunity to have three casual meetings with some local folks wanting to chat about social and social organizations. I’ll share some generalizations and themes I picked up on. For starters the people I met with were in traditional leadership roles in
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“How do we get people to … ?” I hear this all the time in my work on organizational learning initiatives and social tool use is definitely no exception. I’ve heard it so much that it’s just became unquestioned white noise – until I heard it today, and something just felt wrong. Worse than the directive
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