IL2007, Day 3: Organization 2.0
Posted on November 1, 2007
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Rebecca Jones - Ain’t What it used to be… & never will be again
- New collaborative and connecting technology are changing the entire concept of where our organization/job/work starts and stops
- mentioned the Cluetrain Manifesto
- very few professionals are talking about it stil!
- organizational decisions - hardest and last thing to do. It’s fundamentally about choices and changes, which are hard to go through
- cooperation evolves to collaboration - more like singing in a choir than playing on a sports team - everyone plays a part, it’s a collaboration
- 85% of work-related problems come from process and structure problems
organization 2.0 - what does it look like? some principles:
- form follows function - what you do will shape organization
- collaboration decreases as distance increases - more than 50 feet apart
- some relationships are weaker than others
- don’t get stuck in the minority
- organizations are ecosystems - they are growing or dying
- stability signals staleness and death
- clarity dissolves most conflicts
- hierarchies work for some functions
structure should create an organizational focus on the right issues at the right time
Don’t let tools drive what you’re doing - ie., the building contractor doesn’t show up at your door saying “I have lots of cool tools - what do you want me to do for you?”
Design structure to exploit library’s strategy and uniqueness.
(not to self - check out wirearchy.com)
I think this was also Rebecca’s presentation… (someone tell me if I’m wrong, please!)
2.0 Competencies:
- collaborative
- communicator
- confident
- independent
- initiator
- entrepreneurs (have something you are very proud of and want to share)
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