Just like nature has 4 elements (fire, water, air, earth), I see 7 essential, consistent elements across every organization… regardless if it’s 2 people or 200K, if it’s artisan jewelry or software engineering, you’ll find: Note – these are not functions or departments or titles. WE create each of those as structures to standardize, control […]
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My morning article read led me to a Forbes piece titled, “Why Social Skills Will Drive Success In The Workplace Of The Future.” In it the author highlighted that “layoffs are rampant, engagement is at a 10-year low and workplace loneliness is an epidemic.” The recommendations made to encourage social connection were to, among others,:
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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and later “Zuck” are legendary founders and leaders. And it’s true, the founder can be an intangible value if they are good at it, which these folks were. Their cult of success soon led to numerous consultants and authors trying (successfully) to convince us that the next Gates and Jobs
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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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