If you haven’t noticed, I’m a big fan of trying to create simplicity from chaos. That stated, I am more comfortable when a part of (or the instigator of) chaos itself. As Churchill once said, “to improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Perhaps my own personal leadership style is one that evokes equal parts chaos and order. Give your brain a dose of ‘mental Olympics’ and read former VISA CEO Dee Hock’s “Birth of the Chaordic Age”. The tweet version of Chaordic Theory, in essence, is a new organizational form Hock calls “simultaneously chaotic and orderly.” Chaordic is any self–organizing, adaptive, non-linear, complex system, whether physical, biological, or social, the behaviour of which exhibits characteristics of both order and chaos
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I am not intermittent nor ephemeral for I travel on ubiquitous source. ‘Hope springs eternal’ you say? Aye, this rivulet does meander with hope but ’tis crowded by dangling bystanders. Low hanging fruit, I say, but there they remain perched and private. Why so rigid Oak? Don’t you perennially flower? Is it my canoe that frightens your existence? You need not be fearful for we are aided by the youthful, the old, the mature and the rejuvenated. Was it Marc who scared you off? Don’t fret Oak, be strong like you are. Simply soften your stance. This water ought to breathe life into the stoic giants who oversee hierarchy. Oh Sequoia! You loom large. I paddle by yet your cones, so keen, remain shackled. Size
A truly collaborative organization will become a productive force to behold when contribution, in its many different forms, becomes the de facto behaviour of everyone. Give Piece a Chance. To be more specific, give a piece of content, a piece of feedback, a piece of knowledge, a piece of your experience a chance. You have wisdom. You have intellect. You have opinion. You should give that piece of whatever the chance to help others (and the organization) with various goals and objectives, be it individual, team or enterprise-wide. Let others know that your piece might help build an ecosystem of improvement in the organization. In return, encourage others to do the same. You never know what may happen. (remember about reciprocity and interlocutors) Marcel Proust once claimed, “The real act
As I’ve said before, micro-blogging inside an organization could be coined the ‘liquid knowledge network‘. There is so much to like about it. The following 6 use cases are intended for nascent users who might not fully appreciate the myriad benefits to micro-blogging inside an organization. 1) I’ve got a question When an employee is tapped into the micro-blogging platform, he or she now has access to the collective intelligence of the entire organization in ways email, phones and meetings will never reach. Ask a question on the micro-blogging platform and the spirit of human collaboration will surface with an answer more readily than if trying to find the ‘right person’ to answer the question in more traditional ways. 2) I’ve got something to share Putting paper notices
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