In times of dramatic change and crisis, executives (perhaps in line with human nature) revert to known formulas .. tapping structured, controlled and seemingly “safe “solutions. In Stephen Billing’s blog “Organizational Change is Not a Relay Race” he warns against relying on formal & rigid decision processes in times of crisis. Most dangerous: hand-offs between [...]
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Organization Change: the ‘Organic’ POV
Posted in complexity, e20, gov20, tagged change, crisis, machine, organism, organization, process, structure, workforce on August 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
DoD Query: Web2.0 Integration aka the Portability Gap
Posted in gov20, tagged collaboration, DoD, e20, gov20, innovation, opengov, portability, Tapscott, web20, Wikinomics on August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wouldn’t it be great if Social Media tools could talk to each other, and share basic profile information about you, your interests and your network? The Federal Goverment (DoD) is working on that very question, and has requested public input (DoD Guidance Forum). In spite of XML, which was invented to facilitate software talking to software, [...]
Why KM Struggles: Fighting a Culture of Control
Posted in culture, e20, gov20, km, tagged culture, innovation, km, knowledge worker on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In a business culture predicated on control, it’s small wonder that KM has been facing lots of closed doors.


