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An Infographic Depicting Learning & Collaboration in Action

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February 20, 20132.0 collaboration Culture engagement learning7 Comments

Some of you know I actually have a ‘real job’ where each and every day I get to work with great people and turn ideas into action. That role sees me employed by TELUS; an organization that was recently inducted into Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures Hall of Fame. Yes, I’m a lucky lad. My buddy Sameer Patel called me a ‘practicing futurist‘ over lunch a few weeks ago in Palo Alto. At first I laughed, but since then the term has been rattling around in my brain somewhat incessantly. I suppose it’s true. By way of example, at TELUS, we put together an infographic showcasing four years of change as it relates to our learning and collaboration strategy. We’ve released the infographic on

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Credo of the Collaboration Canoe

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May 23, 2012collaboration communication Culture engagement leadership organization reciprocityNo comments

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

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The Link Between Leadership, Learning & Organizational Performance

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April 2, 2012collaboration innovation leadership learning learning 2.0 researchNo comments

Víctor García-Morales, Francisco Lloréns-Montes and Antonio Verdú-Jover published a paper in the British Journal of Management (December, 2008, Vol. 19 Issue 4) entitled, “The Effects of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Performance through Knowledge and Innovation”. In it they set out to prove the following hypotheses: Transformational leadership will be positively associated with knowledge slack (prior knowledge), absorptive capacity, tacitness, organizational learning and innovation. Knowledge slack will be positively associated with absorptive capacity. Absorptive capacity will be positively associated with tacitness. Tacitness will be positively associated with organizational learning. Organizational learning will be positively associated with innovation. Tacitness, organizational learning and innovation will be positively associated with performance. Size will be positively associated with strategic variables that affect organizational performance. In summary and at its core,

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