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Change Agents Of The World Unite

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Let’s start at the end. Change Agents navigate the choppy waters and uneven terrain toward the future of work. They invite you along for the journey – as guides, as co-conspirators, and treasure seekers. They are in the vanguard. This puts them ahead of the pack. It means they are ready. It also makes them vulnerable. There are bruises, and battles, yet Change Agents still ask: How can I help? The currency of social business is a deep understanding of emergent themes and practices in culture, technology, organization design, and the impacts on, and motivations of, individuals. Change Agents are … Continue reading Change Agents Of The World Unite

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Dissecting Your Personal Brand: How Does Your Brain Work?

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The number one area of reading everyone should be doing to better understand the(ir) human condition is modern advances in neurology – we have come to understand more about the workings of brain in the last 20 years than in the previous 10000 years. I remember as a Economics undergrad participating in game theory studies with my professors as they pulled apart long standing arguments about rational decision-making. It is fascinating stuff. So, when we look at your personal brand, part of the process is to reflect on how we make decisions, because it definitely informs how we show up. … Continue reading Dissecting Your Personal Brand: How Does Your Brain Work?

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Working Out Loud is Preposterous And Profound

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Today, it’s all about networks, something you were most likely not taught about in school. This means that most of our education is useless in understanding the world as it currently exists. Yes, useless. The always erudite and coherent Harold Jarche is in a straight-to-the-point mood in this article on the need for network fluency. Yes, we need to build fluency in how networks operate, and our very active role within them, as they usurp organizations and tribes as the most powerful force in our communities and workplaces. However, it is a single sentence within the article that got me … Continue reading Working Out Loud is Preposterous And Profound

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Today’s Number Is The Number 4: Watching Kids Learn

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Barf alert to all non-parents, but watching my kids move out into the world and learn is the most magical of things, even cooler than the internet of things! After school, Lola was showing me two ways to write the number ‘4’; her new way, like the keyboard 4, “almost an ‘A’ but not quite! Stop short, move across before you get to the bottom.” To top it all off, she made it a gift for me, complete with check mark as official seal of approval. Genius. ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Today’s Number Is The Number 4: Watching Kids Learn

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Insight > Efficiency

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Following on from yesterday’s post on (traditional) organizational distaste for insight, I see correlation from a Nilofer Merchant post on twitter: https://twitter.com/nilofer/statuses/385479893997219841 Insight is game-changing. It is not about more of / less of the same. It is about a new beginning. ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Insight > Efficiency

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Attitude > Talent. Ready For #TheFutureOfWork

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Yesterday, I wrote about the risk knowledge workers have to stay relevant in the face of computerisation. They must invest in new creative and social skills and move up the value chain where computers are yet to tread. What does this embrace of change and constant learning take? Is it talent? Well, talent ain’t no bad thing. But what really counts is attitude. An embrace of change and the opportunity it affords (which might be survival…) will get you far. As usual, Seth Godin has prescient advice: An organization filled with honest, motivated, connected, eager, learning, experimenting, ethical and driven … Continue reading Attitude > Talent. Ready For #TheFutureOfWork

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Curious Kids: The Quiet Moments

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My iPhone photo app collates images by date, and calls them Moments. A few days ago I captured Lola in a quiet moment of her own, sitting outside wrapped in a blanket eating a snack, immersed in an imaginary (?) world. “What are you up to, darling?” I enquired. “Nothing.” I left her in peace. ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Curious Kids: The Quiet Moments

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What Does A Friend Look Like In The Age Of Social?

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Or, How John Hagel, David Armano, Hugh MacLeod and Harold Jarche Kickstarted Me. Here’s how it began. 2011 Back story: In my MarComms job, I had two projects front of mind – launching an Enterprise Social Network (we were the first company in the world to completely replace our intranet with Yammer) and developing a bunch of infographics on business performance (turning heavy PowerPoint slides into something more digestible). Independently, I was mentoring some young communicators who were trying to work out their pitch and career paths. I spent a lot of time thinking about these topics; with plenty of online … Continue reading What Does A Friend Look Like In The Age Of Social?

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Where Do Kids Learn?

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Yesterday, I wrote about where expert practitioners learn: from many sources, iteratively. Often, I parse an idea through my kids – the child’s clear eye of genius unlocks an essence long lost by me. So I asked Lola “Where do you learn?” and she immediately pointed to her brain. Of course! Then, she mimed (and why not?!) school, home, outside; then morning, afternoon, and night. And then, she wrote it all down, to ensure I understood. It was a full-body learning experience. Not only did I learn where she learns, but how. Marvellous. ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Where Do Kids Learn?

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Where Do You Learn?

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How do you discover information? Where do you learn? I belong to a community of e2.0 practitioners, Change Agents Worldwide, and a question was asked in that community: where do you source your information from? The below graphic, from Joachim Stroh,  is the answer. The ability to learn – on your own, every day, in perpetuity – will be a key differentiator in the future of work. These are some very simple places to start… ←This Much We Know.→ Continue reading Where Do You Learn?