Social infrastructure is the MRI of social architecture. What am I going on about? Think of it this way. Your company Slack channels (social infrastructure) tell you a lot about what your culture is (open, inhibited, collaborative, fearful, innovative, rigid, etc) if you’re willing to “listen” to how it’s used, who uses and when. Behind
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Culture change won’t happen without system change. Organizational norms of behavior are all grounded in the systems an organization has subscribed to – systems of decision-making, management, development, recognition, etc. When hiring, the hire is for system fit, followed by training to ensure the system is supported and then maintained by a rewards system for
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Corporations are psychotic, was a general sentiment I shared in a Twitter exchange with Paul Joycelyn the other day. However upon examination it’s far more accurate to say companies of all sizes can be hypocrites. Just look at what they say and do on the outside? Are they applying the same on the inside? Is
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Company A has [insert any social platform name here]. They have these amazing participation metrics and results. Company B has [insert any social platform name here]. They have the opposite. Must be that company B is not doing the same adoption activities, right? Must be the culture, right? Must be leadership, right? I’m not going
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It’s a fact, the Business Cycle happens. Ride the wave of prosperity and growth and eventually suffer and endure the phases of contraction and pain. When things are good, good companies spend time on their employees and work to create an open and “engaged” culture. They know that employees who stay when they’re wanted to
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