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. […]
Future of work
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 […]
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, […]
Making a Smashing Success of a Tiny Triumph
I said at the end of October last year that I intended to write a short booklet, Making a Smashing Success of a Tiny Triumph. I reckon I’ll be finished within the next two weeks. It has ten chapters, each with the same format: Introduction Five things to think about Three things to do One […]
Small steps towards a social business school
This post follows on from a couple of recent posts: 1) Talking about learning – can you feel it? – “it’s worth keep reminding ourselves that a) many of us have a “yearning for learning” and b) continuous learning and adaptation are integral to high-performing work systems.” 2) Learning, leading and Spartacus moments – “I’m trying, in a very small […]
How work’s changing – and what it means for 21st century skills
This post draws on years of working with businesss making the transition to new ways of working, from a 7-year long collaboration with the Director of Global Workplace Innovation at a large US corporate, and from innovating executive education nationally and internationally. It’s a summary of how work is changing – or should be – […]
Taking stock of the future of work
Economic, technological, demographic, spatial and social trends ought to be changing how work is organised. I even wrote about it just a few days ago in this article on Medium.com. The trends are happening. That’s undeniable. But who knows how far work will change as a result? Not much if the past is anything to go […]