As election 2010 winds down at the polls, analysts on all the networks are scurrying to forecast results, identify trends, and discuss what it all means. It’s difficult not to speculate: is social media playing a role in 2010? SM gained considerable attention in Obama’s successful 2008 Presidential bid, in much the same way that [...]
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It Takes a Village: Insights on Culture and Community in Local Government
Posted in culture, gov20, organization, tagged bureaucracy, community, culture, gov20, linkedin, localgov, silo on September 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In prior posts, we’ve looked at the many aspects of culture that affect large organizations, including the cultural dynamics in government that play out in large state & federal agencies. A few days ago, a reader wrote and asked: “What about local government?” That really started me thinking. So let’s have a look. Similarities Government [...]
A “Playbook” for Open Government: A Grass-roots Federal Community that’s focused on Collaboration
Posted in change, collaboration, culture, gov20 on May 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On Wednesday, April 28, agency and industry stakeholders gathered for the 4th workshop in the “Open Government Playbook” series. The session was held at USDA facilities in Washington. With the vantage point of three consecutive Playbook Workshops (one virtually, two in person), I have become a regular. But reflecting on our last session, I’ve grown [...]
Kotter’s 8-Steps: Leading Change in the 21st Century Organization
Posted in change, complexity, culture, e20, gov20, innovation on April 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Is there a good way to attack change in organizations? To influence (and maybe even ‘fix’) the complex org cultures that drive the collective behavior of their members? That’s the focus of this post, the 5th in my series on culture change. John Kotter gave us perhaps the best-circulated approach for change in his HBR paper [...]
Culture Change in Government: No Small Task
Posted in change, collaboration, culture, gov20 on March 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Per our framing, we’ve spent the last several weeks exploring theories of culture change, ranging from Schein (dimensions) and Handy (structural forces) to Eoyang (complexity). Now let’s move to a specific scenario, to tie this all together. With focus on large organizations, the Federal Government is a good place to start. This is even more [...]
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