social Archive

The problem I see on the horizon for leaders, teachers and parents is what I’m referring to as the anti-social social dilemma. I believe I am social media, social networking and social learning’s number one fan. I also strongly believe that IT, HR and Learning leaders should be experimenting with up and coming social sites to a) keep abreast of what’s going on in the social space to b) determine if such feature or functionality could assist business processes, sales or internal engagement opportunities. For example, have you ever heard of TimeHop, Pinterest, Bump.com or Wooplr? Savvy leaders will stay ahead of the ‘social’ chasm and ensure they are plugged in to reap downstream benefits. But therein lies the problem. No matter what generation we’re

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Interlocu-what? If 2011 was about quid-pro-quo … or reciprocity as I deemed it, it’s my wish for the year 2012 to be about the interlocutor. Let’s first start with the definition. An interlocutor is: An individual that actively takes part in a conversation with other individuals; someone who speaks or facilitates a conversation. Let’s face it, the shift to a virtual operating model is on. Corporations are altering (and allowing) their employees to work from home, a coffee shop, the road as well as the office even with dwindling square footage footprints, per the Wall Street Journal . In my opinion, this is a healthy piece of organizational evolution. Academic institutions are also shifting to a virtual operating model, albeit slower than their corporate cousins.

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At the beginning of the year, on January 2 in fact, I wrote about reciprocity. My hopes were that we’d begin using the behavior of reciprocity both within the walls of our organizations as well as being members of society at large. It’s my personal belief that we’ve taken some positive steps forward in society (think you, as a person) but within the construct of organizations (or work life) we’re not where we should be. A joint effort of Capgemini Consulting and the MIT Center for Digital Business resulted in a wonderful report recently published entitled, “Digital Transformation: A Road-Map for Billion-Dollar Organizations”. One key line struck me: Whether using new or traditional technologies, the key to digital transformation is re-envisioning and driving change in

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                Do you have “if you build it, they will come” syndrome in your organization? That is, you’ve been rolling out a litany of Enterprise 2.0 / Collaboration tools at your organization but no one is actually collaborating, contributing or connecting. Do you have “That’s no moon, it’s a space station” syndrome in your organization? That is, you have no idea how to start your Collaboration / Enterprise 2.0 journey because it looks to be the size (and effort) of a Death Star. Do you have “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” syndrome in your organization? That is, the people within your organization are clamoring to be more collaborative, but you can’t figure out

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