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Wow. Foucault 30+ years ago prognosticates (the need for) the social era.

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“Curiosity is a vice that has been stigmatized in turn by Christianity, by philosophy, and even by a certain conception of science. Curiosity, futility. The word, however, pleases me. To me it suggests something altogether different: it evokes “concern”; it evokes the care one takes for what exists and could exist; a readiness to break up our familiarities and to regard otherwise the same things; a fervor to grasp what is happening and what passes; a casualness in regard to the traditional hierarchies of the important and the essential. I dream of a new age of curiosity. We have the… Continue reading Wow. Foucault 30+ years ago prognosticates (the need for) the social era.

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Digital Is The New Social

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One of the most popular blog posts here is called “Open Is The New Social.” It talks about how naming conventions are important to your business goals – and that no-one can complain about being ‘open’ vs those who complain that ‘social’ is water cooler nonsense. On the same refrain, it has been noted on ‘social’ circles how the word DIGITAL is making a comeback – the late-90s are cool again. In my team at work we recently had a conversation that went something like this: “Digital strategy > social strategy. Sounds better. Sounds good!” Why are we beating up … Continue reading Digital Is The New Social

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Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 5 – #AntiFragile

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Of course, think (and write) about redundancy and repetition and one sees it everywhere. A great article on living like a Hydra and being ready for all eventualities parses Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder. Principles that emerge from Antifragile include: Stick to simple rules Build in redundancy and layers (no single point of failure) Resist the urge to suppress randomness —- Waste is profligate, inefficient. Redundancy and repetition, however, build resilience and protect against failure. Excellent. [Take 1: How We Learn] [Take 2 –Selling Social Business Is Hard] [Take 3 – Blogging Is Good For You Too] [Take 4 – Visualize] ←This Much We … Continue reading Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 5 – #AntiFragile

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Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 3 –Blogging Is Good For You Too

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[Take 1: How We Learn] [Take 2 –Selling Social Business Is Hard] Jarche explains the simple power of redundancy and repetition. As we learn in digital networks, stock (content) loses significance, while flow (conversation) becomes more important – the challenge becomes how to continuously weave the many bits of information and knowledge that pass by us each day. What we need is “A professional learning network, with its redundant connections, repetition of information and indirect communications…” The first step for an individual to participate is to create an input. Write. Share. Converse. Opine. (Dis)Agree. Add. Propose. Link. Collate. Curate. Spew. Apologise. … Continue reading Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 3 –Blogging Is Good For You Too

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Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 2 –Selling Social Business Is Hard

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[Take 1: How We Learn]  Any of us that are driving the social / open business conversation at work have experienced the following, upon trying to sell or introduce a new (enterprise) social channel for collaboration, learning, engagement: Reaction A – “Ooooh! A new opportunity to relate, connect, commune.” Or, Reaction B – “Ohhhh! Another way for me and my team to waste time at work. I just don’t have time for this…” For the lucky /skilled social practitioner, there are 2 Reaction As for every Reaction B. For the rest, maybe the other way around? If you want your … Continue reading Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 2 –Selling Social Business Is Hard

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Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 1 – How We Learn

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Some years ago, during an internal project to define and develop the company as a learning organization I came up with this definition: We learn to learn together, to get the results we want together (after Senge). Whereas the project sponsor wanted something tangible and process-led, I pushed back. Learning and understanding is co-created and evolved and iterated. It is in flux, it is a flow. I wish, at the time, I had heard of Harald Jarche. His work, amongst many others, has influenced my own in recent years and would have helped greatly wrangling that ‘learning organization’ project to … Continue reading Redundancy And Repetition Are Good For You: Take 1 – How We Learn

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Introducing Your #SocBiz Change Team: The Lunatic, The Impotent, And The Bullshitter. Which One Are You?

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Being called a (MarComms) Generalist has always made me slightly uncomfortable. It suggests an inability to define one’s service offering. The opposite, a Specialist, also lacks comfort. Being pigeonholed and isolated as a one-trick pony hardly brings succour. So I love how the genius (lunatic?) that was Kurt Vonnegut articulated these brilliant specialist archetypes in Bluebeard (via this kottke.org post) in talking about change. “[M]ost people cannot open their minds to new ideas unless a mind-opening team with a peculiar membership goes to work on them. Otherwise, life will go on exactly as before, no matter how painful, unrealistic, unjust, … Continue reading Introducing Your #SocBiz Change Team: The Lunatic, The Impotent, And The Bullshitter. Which One Are You?

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I Have Changed My Job Title To…Corporate Disorganizer.

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Recently, I added the job title “Intrapreneur” to my LinkedIn profile. It speaks to my belief that the future of work is changing underfoot. We need to be nimble, upskilling, influencers all. In yesterday’s post I wrote “[of my interest … Continue reading I Have Changed My Job Title To…Corporate Disorganizer.

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Want Intrapreneurial Progress? Create ‘Cracks And Leaps’

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I am newly taken with the definition of entrepreneurship from Joseph Schumpeter: creative destruction. Peter Drucker said the entrepreneur upsets and disorganizes. I am trying to apply the same notion inside the organization, even calling myself an intrapreneur. Consequently, this Schumpeter column in The Economist on entrepreneurs rang a bell: Joseph Schumpeter once argued that economic progress takes place in “cracks” and “leaps” rather than “infinitesimal small steps” because it is driven by rule-breaking entrepreneurs. “Entrepreneurs are contrarian value creators. They see economic value where others see heaps of nothing,” the article cites. Inside the organization, intrapreneurs do the same thing. They … Continue reading Want Intrapreneurial Progress? Create ‘Cracks And Leaps’

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Why I Follow So Few People On Twitter

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I could, if I wanted, have a few hundred / thousand twitter followers. I do not need to explain how to do that, it is a simple process of mathematics for most of us. It starts with following many. But I do not. And this is why: “You are my idea of a good writer because you have an unmannered style, and when I read what you write, I hear you talking.” – Isaac Asimov to Carl Sagan ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Why I Follow So Few People On Twitter

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4 Ways #SocBiz Leaders Are Preparing Organizations For Disruption

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Reviewing the McKinsey report on Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy… I was struck that the top 4 ideas are all items that touch on knowledge work, social business, collaboration and sharing. They are all items where “we” SocBiz practitioners can and should be leaders of thought and leaders of action in our organizations. Thoughts and actions that will save our organizations vast amounts of time and money; and may, indeed, allow them to survive. Hussah! ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading 4 Ways #SocBiz Leaders Are Preparing Organizations For Disruption

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Attention All #SocBiz Leaders: Watch This, And Send To Your CEO. NOW!

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This is SocBiz MAGIC. Must. Send. To. All. CEOs. Now. We are only at the beginning of the digital technology and innovation journey. Indeed…”we haven’t seen anything yet,” says Andy McAfee (via Luis Suarez) “The only smart strategy at the top of the enterprise is to…embrace and start leading the digital transformation for your company.” Yes. Please, and thank you. ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Attention All #SocBiz Leaders: Watch This, And Send To Your CEO. NOW!