This post was triggered by about the power of informal communities in organisations. Complexity You could go down rabbit holes and spend lots of time trying to understand complexity science (and I have). Interesting though that is, my understanding of complexity was initially influenced by social psychologists. People create value for an organisation and its customers. […]
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Choosing a Learning Technology
Choosing a Learning Technology Learning and performance in work are becoming so integrated it’s hard to know what a ‘learning technology is’ any more. I’ve been thinking about how I settled on the one that I’m using to take The Smart Work Company into the next phase, but not before I made several mistakes. I’m not […]
Finding Focus
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to focus. What’s mine for The Smart Work Company? What am I trying to do? Am I about working with people and organisations to help them to explore changing customer expectations, and how to adapt to that – who does what, with whom, and why? Or is it work-based […]
Building Performance Coalitions
Matt Ballantine (@Ballantine70) and I are currently talking about the feasibility of bringing together diverse people, with diverse perspectives, to explore the practical implications of Matt’s Minimum Viable Workplaces concept. I’m in complete agreement with his core proposition that: ” … organisations need to move beyond the traditional silos of business services – IT, HR, Finance, Legal, […]
Colliding Complexities and Reflexive Learning
I created this diagram for my own benefit, to help me clarify the focus for what I want to do with The Smart Work Company. It has been useful enough but it would be even better if it was somehow animated. The diagram looks deceivingly simple, when in reality what it aims to show is […]