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  • It�s amazing how far we have been able to take the linear model for understanding the world, both in science and in business. But in the new connected economy, the limitations of the mechanistic model are becoming starkly apparent and
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      Enrique Rubio Royo on 24 Oct 11
       
      Es increíble lo lejos que hemos podido llevar el modelo lineal para entender el mundo, tanto en la ciencia como en los negocios. Pero en la nueva economía conectada, las limitaciones del modelo mecanicista y la necesidad de una nueva forma de pensar, son cada vez mas evidentes.
  • Changing Landscapes
  • Enter Complexity Science
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  • The science is still in its infancy
  • The realization that much of the world dances to nonlinear tunes has given birth to the new science of complexity, whose midwife was the power of modern computation which for the first time allows complex processes to be studied
  • complex adaptive system
  • The avenue most relevant to understanding organizational dynamics within companies and the web of economic activity among them is the study of
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 23 Oct 11
       
      La vía más relevante para la comprensión de la dinámica organizacional en las empresas y la actividad económica web es el estudio de los sistemas adaptativos complejos
  • complex adaptive systems are composed of a diversity of agents that interact with each other, mutually affect each other, and in so doing generate novel behavior for the system as a whole
  • But the pattern of behavior we see in these systems is not constant
  • the system is constantly adapting to the conditions around it. Over time, the system evolves through ceaseless adaptation
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      Enrique Rubio Royo on 23 Oct 11
       
      el sistema se adapta constantemente a las condiciones que le rodean. Con el tiempo, el sistema evoluciona a través de la adaptación incesante
  • Complexity scientists are learning about these dynamics of complex systems principally through computer models, but also through observation of the natural world
  • Complex adaptive systems are
  • ecosystems
  • business organizations are also complex adaptive systems
  • fundamental processes and characteristics of complex adaptive system
  • by understanding the characteristics of complex adaptive systems in general, we can find a way to understand and work with the deep nature, that is, the fundamental processes, of organizations
  • constant innovation
  • constantly adapting
  • continual evolution
  • if they are to survive
  • companies in a fast-changing business environment need to be able to produce
  • Thus if companies are to work with change optimally, they are better able to do so if they understand their organizations as complex adaptive systems and the processes that underline these systems.
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      Enrique Rubio Royo on 23 Oct 11
       
      Así, si las empresas pretenden trabajar de forma óptima en un entorno cambiante, estarán mejor capacitados para hacerlo si comprenden sus organizaciones como sistemas complejos adaptativos , así como los procesos que caracterizan dischos sistemas.
  • requires a different mind
  • complex and largely unpredictabl
  • Because the dynamics of complex adaptive systems are
  • more organic than mechanistic
  • Managers and executives cannot control their organizations to the degree that the mechanistic perspective implies; but they can influence where their company is going, and how it evolves
  • understanding that businesses are like living organisms
  • and tend to fluctuate between different states
  • zone of creative adaptability
  • from static to chaotic, with the edge of chaos, or the
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 23 Oct 11
       
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  • a chaotic state
  • a static state
  • and the zone of creative adaptability,
  • the place to be when innovation is necessary.
  • complex adaptive systems are
  • dynamic
  • diversity
  • with abundant connections
  • something new will emerge
  • will build towards a critical mass from which
  • small changes can have a big effect
  • multiple experimentation on small scales
  • which means that
  • is the most productive way and offers the greatest potential for creating big changes in an organization
  • the rules of the business game have changed. Indeed, the game itself has changed.
  • A Naturalistic Study of Business as Complex Adaptive Systems
  • a naturalistic study, which involved interviewing people
  • We were interested in companies that were following principles from the new science of complexity in running their business
  • using complexity principles
  • We found these organizations mostly by word of mouth.
  • Companies whose management is guided by principles of complexity science are
  • organizationally flat
  • diversity
  • promote
  • open and plentiful communication
  • these properties enhance a system�s capacity for adaptability
  • The companies we chose for our study therefore shared the properties of being organizationally flat and having rich, open communication
  • But we had no idea what our study would find in the realm o
  • organizational dynamics, of management style, and people�s work experience.
  • Relationships: A New Bottom Line
  • In a nonlinear, dynamic world, everything exists only in relationship to everything else, and the interactions among agents in the system lead to complex, unpredictable outcomes.
  • In a linear world, things may exist independently of each other, and when they interact, they do so in simple, predictable ways.
  • agents interact, and when they have a mutual affect on one another something novel emerges
  • Anything that enhances these interactions will enhance
  • the potential creativity and adaptability of the system
  • agents as people
  • mutuality
  • relationships that are grounded in a sense of
  • We know from complexity science that
  • interactions and connections among agents of a system are the source of novelty, creativity, and adaptability
  • relationships are the organizing principle in businesses as complex adaptive systems.
  • In this way
  • the power of relationships
  • positive relationships
  • positive relationships
  • e weak
  • poor flow of information, limiting feedback loops and thus adaptability
  • a more robust, adaptive system.
  • Open and prolific communication
  • context of genuine care
  • task of caring for their employees seriously, and this manifested itself as people caring about their work, caring for fellow workers, caring for the organization and its shared purpose, caring about their community
  • the power of caring and connected relationships for creating constructive change
  • we are talking about genuine relationships based a sense of care and connection.
  • By attending to the quality of relationships,
  • the non-linear processes of the organization
  • a new way of working
  • by self-organizing around the most immediate problems
  • people�s desire to contribute and their need to belong
  • accommodating people more in terms of their interests and skills.
  • people felt more personally fulfilled
  • "a potential in everyone to get excited about what they do at work."
  • it was the strength of these caring and connected relationships that provided
  • an ethical foundation and continuity for people during difficult times of flux, unpredictability, and change
  • it was the strength of these caring and connected relationships that provided
  • A Community of Care and Connection
  • complex adaptive systems generate emergent, creative order and adapt to changes in their environment, through simple interactions among their agents
  • what kind of culture emerges
  • has everything to do with
  • in business, how we interact and the kind of relationships we form has everything to do with
  • the emergence of creativity, productivity, and innovation in the workplace.
  • In turn
  • a feedback loop
  • Similarly in business,
  • the culture that emerges in a company will influence people�s behavior
  • There is a constant interplay between people�s behavior and the emergent culture, a dynamic feedback loop.
  • a sense of community, guided by shared values and a shared purpose, helped the organization to be more adaptable
  • People said that when they felt part of a community they were more willing to be flexible and adapt, which in turn, made their organizations more flexible and adaptable
  • organizational dynamics
  • levels of relationships that created a web of interdependence
  • interdependence
  • levels of relationships
  • a web of
  • relationships between individuals
  • among and within teams
  • with other companies
  • relationship to the natural environment.
  • within and outside the organization.
  • the source of creativity and adaptability
  • , to the CEO who embodied the organization�s purpose and values
  • in business
  • a new theory of business
  • the quality of these relationships
  • as a means towards business success
  • a new understanding of what organizations are and how they work, informed by the science of complexity
  • A relational view of business
  • we are an ecosystem of different relationships."
  • Business is bigger than your own organization..
  • a linear structure of hierarchy and bureaucracy, which impedes agility and flexibility,
  • Most organizations
  • The most effective way to change a linear structure to a nonlinear process is
  • to attend to the nonlinear world of relationships
  • Feedback loops
  • relationships need to feed into those loops
  • the root of organizational problems is often "abysmal relationships
  • it was strong, positive relationships that maintained his global organization at a high level of a creativity and adaptability.
  • design for working with nonlinear processes
  • effort to deliberately change the hierarchy and structure
  • from which a new structure could and did emerge
  • in a spirit of mutuality and experimentation,
  • a new way of working emerged and the organizations evolved from there
  • Each company had its own distinct way of working with nonlinear processes
  • Companies have to find their own way by working organically with their people, their collaborators, and their competitots; that is, working with where they are, rather than imposing plans of where you might want them to be.
  • Complexity and a human-centered approach to management
  • management practice guided by complexity science will focus on
  • relationships that leads to a very human orientation of the workplace
  • human-centered approaches in management
  • For more than half a century, there has been a constant battle between human-oriented management and scientific, or mechanistic, management, with the latter prevailing.
  • But it is only now, and for the first time, that there is a science behind the human-oriented approach
  • With complexity science, we have a human-oriented management practice emerging from science, a novelty.
  • Peter Seng
  • notes that the prevailing mechanistic model of business encourages managers to see people as machines, not as people
  • knowledge-based economy
  • when people are treated as replaceable parts, as objects to control, are taught to be compliant, are used as fuel for the existing system�inevitably the organization will be fraught with frustration, anger, and isolation, which ultimately is detrimental to the business.
  • managers focus exclusively on producing goods and services and forget that the organization is a community of human beings
  • if people are treated as machines, not as people, they are unlikely to give loyalty and trust and they will not give of their best.
  • "When an organization loses its shared vision and principles, its sense of community, it is already in a process of decay and dissolution even though it may linger with the outward appearance of success for some time
  • The companies we worked with, that engaged their organizations as complex adaptive systems, whether consciously or intuitively, were al
  • very successful in traditional bottom line terms, not despite being human-oriented, but rather
  • Management guided by the principles of complexity science
  • therefore
  • constitutes a style that is very human oriented in that it recognizes that relationships are the bottom line of business, and that creativity, culture, and productivity emerge from these interactions
  • And when those interactions are more connected and caring than not,
  • a sense of community emerges
  • increasing an organization�s potential adaptability.
  • A human-centered approach to management is not new
  • What is new is that the science of complexity gives a scientific foundation for a human-oriented management approach;
  • that is, it gives an explanation of why a human oriented management practice is successful, and a rationale for why to take this approach.
  • The complexity-guided style of management is hard to do,
  • especially for managers who seek safety in a command-and-control practice
  • It is hard even for those who embrace its principles
  • because the everyday urgency of business can make time spent interacting and nurturing relationships seem like a waste of time,
  • it requires strong interpersonal skills, and constant vigilance of one�s own behavior and the behavior of others
  • Emerging Patterns in Management Behavior
  • complex patterns are typically generated from a few simple rules of behavior for the individual agents in the system
  • There was for a long time the belief in science that complex order in the world was generated by complex processes.
  • Contrary to this belief, however, complexity scientists have discovered that
  • We saw common behaviors for sustaining constructive relationships within the organization
  • which generated
  • a different way of working and being
  • We saw particular ways of thinking and behaving
  • that cultivated conditions for a more adaptable system, from which a collective sense of connection and care emerged.
  • We call these
  • different ways of being in the workplace
  • paradoxical leadership
  • a way of leading change
  • emergent teams
  • relational practice
  • a way of working together that keeps organizations on the edge; and
  • a way of developing trust and loyalty through rich connections.
  • Paradoxical leadership
  • From a complexity perspective, paradoxes are not problematic
  • Instead paradoxes are indicative of being on the edge; paradoxes create a tension from which creative solutions emerge
  • All the leaders had come from a command and control tradition
  • They had come to recognize that they had limited control; that they depended and needed others to achieve their aims; and that they didn�t, nor should or could, have all the answers
  • This perspective expanded their style of leadership, rather than replaced it.
  • They didn�t manage people
  • They acted more as cultivators than managers.
  • Instead leaders cultivated conditions to increase positive connections in their organizations, and in their economic web, from which nonlinear results could emerge.
  • four common behaviors
  • that guided their leadership style and how they related others:
  • Allow
  • Accessible
  • Attuned
  • allowed things to unfold, allowed mistakes, and open experimentation
  • They gave a strong direction in terms of purpose and values, and then allowed people to find their own solutions according to these guidelines.
  • physically accessible to the people in the organization, to customers, to partners
  • Being accessible helped these leaders to have a finger on the pulse of the organization
  • Leaders were simultaneously aware of the organization as a whole and as a living organism--at the macro level, but also attuned to the interactive level; that is, the micro level of connections and disconnections within the organization.
  • Emergent Teams
  • emergent teams are self-organizing, self-selected, and self-governing
  • Rather than teams being imposed on workers
  • Emergent teams are a democratic approach to problem solving and opportunity seeking
  • People organize around tasks rather than positions
  • The manager�s task shifts from managing people to cultivating conditions for teams to emerge by
  • 2, cultivating an information-rich context,
  • 1, cultivating group relationships,
  • 3, cultivating connections
  • The emergent teams themselves had three characteristics
  • The purpose of emergent teams are primarily experimental
  • Relational Practice
  • Relational practice strives towards creating positive and rich connections that lends itself to
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      Enrique Rubio Royo on 24 Oct 11
       
      Prácticas relacionales (de socialización) se esfuerzan hacia la creación de relaciones positivas y profusas que se prestan a fomentar la confianza y un sentido de comunidad. Hay cuatro formas de comportamiento en relación con los demás, pequeños gestos, que marcan una gran diferencia en el desarrollo de relaciones afectuosas y de conectividad.
  • building trust and a sense of community
  • Be authentic
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      Enrique Rubio Royo on 24 Oct 11
       
      4 comportamientos en las relaciones con los demás que marcan una gran diferrencia a la hora de crear relaciones afectuosas: 1.- Ser auténtico- ser uno mismo es mas eficiente en el trabajo y cuesta menos, para uno mismo, llevarlo a la práctica 2.- Reconocer los méritos de los demás- apreciar a las personas por lo que son y por lo que hacen, enriquece las conexiones y el sentido de pertenencia. El reconocimiento a lo que hacen los demás, promueve lalealtad y el compromiso 3.- Rendir cuentas- desplaza la cultura de culpas/víctimas, y cuando las personas asumen su responsabilidad, puede facilitar la solución de situaciones difíciles y complejas 4.- Ser atento- tener u profundo y genuino interés hacia los demás, conociendo sus historias, y reconocinedo el valor d eescuchar, ayuda a crear sistemas robustos y bien informados
  • Acknowledge others
  • Be accountable
  • Be attentive
  • There were four ways of behaving in relationship to others
  • being authentic makes for greater efficiency at work�it takes less time and energy to be yourself. It is also a practice
  • appreciating people for who they are as well as what they do
  • , enriches connections and a sense of belonging. Acknowledging others promotes loyalty and commitment
  • being recognized as people by managers.
  • moves the culture out of a blame/victim cycle
  • when people take responsibility for themselves, it can simplify difficult and complex issues
  • Many aspects of these management practices
  • are already alive and well in organizations
  • a way of working with organizations as complex adaptive systems that is relationship- and human-centered
  • What we have done is
  • identify an intellectual framework for all these aspects of behavior collectively
  • into a coherent whole based on a scientific understanding of the dynamics of business organizations
  • the science of complexity
  • a scientific understanding of the deep nature of business organizations
  • It is not just tha
  • but rather,
  • the science shows us, that certain behaviors engage the dynamics of complex adaptive systems in a positive way
  • to contribute to the collective purpose of an organization
  • Complexity science validates a focus on human relationships
  • and in a sense, turns things inside out
  • interpersonal skills
  • What was once regarded as "soft,"
  • is actually "hard."
  • What was once regarded as a distraction and not work, that is cultivating relationships, is the nexus of business success.
  • the emergent understanding of our organizations as complex adaptive systems in human terms
  • new business environment
  • to bring complexity to the business world,
  • In the connected economy of the twenty-first century, management cannot afford to try to succeed with management methods that were developed in a different age and for a different type of business environment
  • complexity-guided management
  • doesn�t just toss out traditional mechanistic management models, but rather encompasses and expands them
  • the principles of complexity science add to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of business organizations
  • however, we would argue that
  • the experience of working with organizations as complex adaptive systems has advanced the science in a way, too; that is, in the human dimension.
  • Science, by tradition anyway, needs to be analytical
  • which is why scientists often choose to work with simple systems
  • computer simulation models
  • such as, in the complexity realm
  • Human social systems
  • including the business environment
  • are far more complex than computer models
  • seeing organizations through new eyes
  • The science
  • intuition
  • But management no longer need constantly to seek the validation of the science for each new way we might fee
  • through
  • is right to work with organizations as complex adaptive systems
  • We cannot describe organizational behavior with the rigor that complexity scientists
  • But we can now claim to have a deeper sense of organizations
  • as complex adaptive system
  • Organizations have found, and are finding
  • new ways of working with nonlinear processes
  • that have led to bottom line success
  • twenty-first century
  • we are experiencing unprecedented structural shifts in our economy brought about by the revolutions in computation and communication technologies
  • the connected economy-
  • A new kind of economy is emerging
  • a shift that rivals the onset of the Industrial Revolution
  • Where once companies felt themselves to be the master�s of their own destiny,
  • in a connected economy, companies find themselves as interdependent players
  • The change is not only real, but it is also accelerating, driven by rapid technological innovation, the globalization of business, and, not the least of it, the arrival of the Internet
  • the new domain of Internet commerce
  • Consequently, business leaders are preoccupied with change itself�how to generate it, how to respond to it, how to avoid being overcome by it.
  • During these changing times
  • leaders and managers are finding
  • many of their background assumptions and time-honored business models inadequate
  • Tayloresque mechanistic model of their world,
  • linear thinking, control, and predictability
  • Where managers once operated with a
  • they now find themselves struggling with something more
  • nonlinear, where limited control and a restricted ability to predict
  • are the order of the day
  • Consequently, many managers and executive professionals are
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  • The average life expectancy of a human being in the 21st century is about 67 years. Do you know what the average life expectancy for a company is?
  • Why is the life expectancy of a company so low? And why is it dropping?
  • A machine typically has the following characteristics
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  • As companies grow they invariably increase in complexity, and as things get more complex they become more difficult to control.
  • As you triple the number of employees, their productivity drops by half (Chart here)
  • This “3/2 law” of employee productivity,
  • Surely we can do better?
  • The secret, I think, lies in
  • understanding the nature of large, complex systems, and letting go of some of our traditional notions of how companies function.
  • I believe that many of these companies are collapsing under their own weight
  • It’s designed to be controlled by a driver or operator
  • It needs to be maintained, and when it breaks down, you fix it.
  • works in the same way for the life
  • Eventually, things change, or the machine wears out, and you need to build or buy a new machine.
  • A car is a perfect example of machine design
  • And we tend to design companies the way we design machines:
  • The problem with this kind of thinking is that the nature of a machine is to remain static, while the nature of a company is to grow
  • What happens if we think of it less like a machine and more like an organism? Or even better, what if we compared the company with other large, complex human systems, like, for example, the city?
  • if we stop thinking of it as a machine and start thinking of it as a complex, growing system?
  • Cities are large, complex, systems, but we don’t really try to control them.
  • if we start to look at companies as complex systems instead of machines, we can start to design and manage them for productivity instead of continuously hovering on the edge of collapse.
  • Cities aren't just complex and difficult to control. They are also more productive than their corporate counterparts
  • The Living Company
  • Shell studied 40 large, long-lived companies, some of which were still surviving after 400+ years.
  • these companies had a lot in common with large cities
  • tolerated
  • Ecosystems:
  • decentralized
  • Active listening
  • The boundaries of the company were less clearly delineated
  • local groups had more autonomy over their decisions
  • very active in partnerships and joint ventures
  • Everyone in the company understood the company’s values
  • to keep that culture strong
  • Long-lived companies had their eyes and ears focused on the world around them and were constantly seeking opportunities
  • were connected by a strong, shared culture.
  • watching and listening) and metafilter (information leading to decisive action).
  • we instinctively and intuitively understand that companies are not made of cogs, levers and gears
  • For top management, it would be wonderful if
  • In the end, they are made out of people
  • You have to put your strategy into people if you want to get results.
  • And today, thanks to social technologies
  • today, thanks to social technologies
  • we finally have the tools to manage companies like the complex organisms they are
  • we finally have the tools to manage companies like the complex organisms they are
  • Social Business Design
  • It’s design for complexity, for productivity, and for longevity. It’s not design by division but design by connection.
  • the connected company
  • we must focus on the company as a complex ecosystem
  • a new discipline
  • a set of connections and potential connections, a decentralized organism that has eyes and ears everywhere that people touch the company, whether they are employees, partners, customers or suppliers.
  • but some basic rules are already emerging
  • Social Business Design
  • These emerging rules have less in common with traditional business design, and more in common with urban design and city planning.
  • design for emergence
  • It’s not about design for control so much as
  • You can’t control a complex system, but you can manage its growth, and there are a lot of things you can do that will position it for success. Here are a few of those emerging practices that signal excellence in design by connection
  • Understand the culture
  • you need to understand the culture (or cultures) that are already there, so you can look for ways to enhance and strengthen that shared identity.
  • Start small
  • As you initiate social programs, think of them as if you are designing a city street.
  • The last thing you want is a whole bunch of large, urban areas with no people in them
  • A successful street is filled with people.
  • The smaller the space is initially, the faster it will fill up with people.
  • So start small
  • A good way to start is with an organization-wide project or initiative
  • Spaces need owners.
  • Again, think of the city street: every business or building has an owner.
  • make sure that every online space you create has someone positioned to take care of it, to keep it safe and clean.
  • Every person needs a place
  • every person needs a place to live; somewhere they can put their stuff
  • make sure that every single person has a place where they can put, and see, their stuff: their projects, the links they want to get back to, the documents they have created, their role, qualifications, expertise and so on.
  • A good city street offers opportunities that are unanticipated but serendipitous
  • Jumping-off points
  • Every time someone visits an online space, there’s a chance to offer them something new.
  • Design by connection is not a top-down activity so much as bottom-up
  • Watch, listen, adjust and adapt
  • Complex systems just don’t work that way
  • Think about how city streets evolve: one small step at a time.
  • Pay attention to the culture, and watch how people react to the tools you provide.
  • The typical company has a very short life, from 15 to 50 years. But cities – and some companies – live much longer lifespans: from hundreds to thousands of years. Wouldn’t you like that for your company? I know I would
  • Enrique Rubio Royo on 03 Nov 11
     
    Excelente post en el que de una manera muy clara muestra la necesidad de una nueva mentalidad acompañada de un nuevo diseño (como un organismo) para las ORGs. Excelentes también las figuras, su diseño.
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  • We love machines. They are the primary metaphor that we use for organizations.
  • Return
  • yesteryear
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  • For the last century and a bit more, we've made progress by applying engineering techniques, like quantitative analysis, to organizational processes. And we've thought of our organizations as machines.
  • The thing about machines is that they're not natural. You design them. The parts of a machine don't act independently. They follow the plan. And you judge success by how well the results conform to the plan
  • It works well if
  • It works well if
  • In the 21st Century, adaptability in the face of competitive pressures and rapid change will be important. That requires a different model for our organizations and organizational strategy. We need a model that's adaptive.
  • In the 21st Century, adaptability
  • That requires a different model
  • We need a model that's adaptive
  • Good news. Nature has a lot of them
  • "complex adaptive systems."
  • The difference between complex systems and complicated systems is that
  • Raising a child is a complex endeavor
  • independent actors
  • "emergent property
  • There's no central authority
  • Complex adaptive systems adapt to the environment so the system and the environment both change.
  • outcomes are not predictable in advance
  • Enrique Rubio Royo on 13 Oct 11
     
    Muy clara introducción a los Sistemas Complejos Adaptativos, partiendo de la necesidad, en la actualidad, de su existencia ante la presencia de un entorno altamente cambiante al que las organizaciones deben adaptarse, quedando invalidada la metáfora de considerar una ORG como una máquina (Sociedad Industrial). Muestra diferencias entre sistemas complicados y complejos, propiedades como la emergencia, componentes activas, etc
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  • The social learning revolution has only just begun. Corporations that understand the value of knowledge sharing, teamwork, informal learning and joint problem solving are investing heavily in collaboration technology and are reaping the early rewards.
  • Why is social learning important for today’s enterprise?
  • All organizational value is created by teams and networks.
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  • Social learning is how groups work and share knowledge to become better practitioners. Organizations should focus on enabling practitioners to produce results by supporting learning through social networks
  • Wirearchies inherently require trust, and trusted relationships are powerful allies in getting things done in organizations
  • Communications without trust are just noise
  • Think and act at a macro level (what to do) and leave the micro (how to do it) to each worker or team
  • there are five types of learning that should be supported by the organization
  • Implementing social learning
  • ASL – Accidental & Serendipitous Learning: from Stocks to Flow
  • Learning is conversation and online conversations are an essential component of online learning
  • Online communication can be divided into Stocks (information that is archived and organized for reference and retrieval) and Flows (timely and engaging conversations between people, including voice or written communications). Blogs allow flow and micro-blogs, like Twitter, enable great flow due to the constraint of 140 characters
  • Stock on the Internet is everywhere and the challenge is to make sense of it through flows of conversation. It is no longer enough to have the book, manual or information, but one must be able to use it in changing contexts
  • Because of this connectivity, the Web is an environment more suited to just-in-time learning than the outdated course model
  • We are working and learning in networks and the only thing a network can do is share
  • PDL – Personal Directed Learning: from Clockwork & Predictable to Complexity & Surprising
  • the orientation of learning is shifting from past (efficiency, best practice) to future (creative response, innovation)
  • Work competencies will still need to be developed through practice and appropriate feedback (what training does well) but that practice will have to be directly relevant to the individual or group (group training is an area of immense potential growth)
  • Developing emergent practices, a necessity when there are no best practices in our changing work environments, requires constant personal directed learning.
  • In complex environments it no longer works to sit back and see what will happen. By the time we realize what’s happening, it will be too late to take action.
  • GDL – Group Directed Learning: from Worker Centric to Team Centric
  • the real work in organizations is done by groups
  • With work and learning merging in the network, groups need to find ways that support each member’s learning, while engaged in tasks and projects
  • Developing social learning practices, like keeping a work journal, may be an effort at first but later it’s just part of the work process. Bloggers have learned how powerful a learning medium they have only after blogging for an extended period.
  • IOL – Intra-Organizational Learning: from Subject Matter Experts to Subject Matter Networks
  • Subject Matter Networks as a new way of finding organizational knowledge. Instead of looking for subject matter experts from which to design training, we should extend knowledge gathering to the entire network of subject-matter expertise.
  • Good networks make for effective organizations.
  • Networked communities are better structures in dealing with complexity,
  • can help facilitate fast feedback loops without hierarchical intervention
  • Collaborative groups are better at making decisions and getting things done.
  • the emerging knowledge-intensive and creative workplace has these attributes
  • FSL – Formal Structured Learning: from Curriculum to Competency
  • There remains a need for training in the networked workplace but it must move away from a content delivery approach.
  • Organizing our own learning is necessary for creative work.
  • Think of it as social ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation) for the complex workplace.
  • Our workplaces are becoming interconnected
  • Reaction times and feedback loops have to get faster and more effective
  • We need to know who to ask for advice right now but that requires a level of trust and trusted relationships take time to nurture
  • Therefore, we need to share more of our work experiences in order to grow those trusted networks
  • This is social learning and it is critical for networked organizational effectiveness
  • Knowledge workers today need to connect with others to co-solve problems. Sharing tacit knowledge through conversations is an essential component of knowledge work. Social media enable adaptation, and the development of emergent practices, through conversations.
  • The manner in which we prepare people for work is based on the Taylorist perspective that there is only one way to do a job and that the person doing the work needs to conform to job requirements
  • Individual training for job preparation requires a stable work environment, a luxury no one has any more.
  • owever, when you look at the modern organization, it is moving to a model of constant change
  • A collective, social learning approach, on the other hand, takes the perspective that learning and work happen as groups and how the group is connected (the network) is more important than any individual node within it.
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  • to ensure your organisation develops a continuous learning culture
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 16 Oct 11
       
      Desde nuestro punto de vista... para asegurarnos de que nuestra ORG desarrolla una cultura de aprendizaje continuo, es crítico ayudar a desarrollar habilidades de 'Aprendizaje autogestionado' (perfil eAprendiz), ayudar a la fuerza de trabajo para que mejore su meta-aprendizaje (aprender a aprender, y en particular en la RED ).
  • The Lessons
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 16 Oct 11
       
      Lecciones aprendidas del caso de las'sub-prime' y las consecuencias acaecidas: 1.- En entornos complejos, el Aprendizaje autodirigido, autogestionado, NO es opcional, es absolútamente esencial. 2.- En un mundo en cambio contínuo (en el que lo que es cierto hoy puede que mañana no lo sea)... en entornoss dinámicos, el Aprendizaje Contínuo, permanente, es la mejor herramienta disponible 3.- La Reflexión y el Pensamiento Crítico ('out-of-the-box') son esenciales para ayudar a 'focalizar' dicho Aprendizaje Contínuo.
  • core continuous learning skills
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  • skills
  • skills
  • skills
  • skills
  • skills
  • skills
  • Effective search and 'find'
  • Critical thinking
  • Creative thinking
  • Analytical
  • Networking
  • People
  • Logic
  • A solid understanding of research methodology
  • first step
  • changing our mind-set from one that sees learning as a series of events to one that acknowledges learning is a continuous process that happens at any time, anywhere
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 16 Oct 11
       
      1er paso.- cambiar nuestra mentalidad de pensar que el Aprendizaje es una serie de eventos a pensar que el A es un proceso contínuo que sucede en cualquier instante y en cualquier lugar 2º paso.- cambiar el modo en que trabajamos, y creamos entornos (ecologias de aprendizaje) que proporcionen funcionalidades y tecnologías a los Kworkers (eAprendices)de modo que puedan hacer su trabajo de una manera mas inteligente ('smart work'), incorporando el A en su actividad diaria ('workflow learning').
  • We know that learning doesn’t just happen in controlled and structured environments but that most learning is embedded in the flow of work.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 16 Oct 11
       
      Aprendizaje en el puesto de trabajo o Aprendizaje Informal
  • second step
  • changing the way we work, and create environments that provide tools and support to workers so they can do their jobs better through bringing learning into their work.
  • In a Complex World, Continuous Learning and Simple Truths Prevail
  • the sub-prime bubble and the resulting global financial crisis
  • in complex environments self-directed learning is not optional, it’s absolutely essential.
  • Continuous learning is the best tool available in dynamic environments
  • other ‘core skills’
  • we can learn from this story
  • reflection and critical ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking are are essential to help direct the focus of continuous learning.
  • to help the development of self-directed learning skills
  • Help your workforce
  • improve its meta-learning
  • These meta-learning skills don’t live in isolation. They live with
  • The most important single thing you can do
  • continuous learning is the only sustainable asset in a world of constant change
  • no matter how smart you are, you still needed to carry on learning.
  • learning, unlearning and re-learning
  • Enrique Rubio Royo on 16 Oct 11
     
    Artículo que se alinea perfectamente con uestra propuesta de eAprendiz, como estrategia de adecuación personal a un nuevo entorno en red, expandido y complejo. En nuestro caso, además de los dos pasos finales que propone (1.- cambiar nuestra mentalidad a la hora de contemplar el A como un proceso autogestionado y permanente; y 2.- cambiar el modo en que trabajamos (smart work), proporcionando un espacio o ecología de aprendizaje (PLN, PLWE, ID, curacion contenidos, PKM,PLM,PPM, eCompetencias, ePortfolio, mi base de K personal). A estos dos pasos, y como paso previo cualitativo, es el considerar el Aprendizaje como estrategia de adaptabilidad permanente a un entorno cambiante. Comparar nuestras eCompetencias con las que aquí se proponen.
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  • The increasing complexity of our work is a result of our global interconnectedness. Today, simple work is being automated (e.g. bank tellers). Complicated work (e.g. accounting) is getting outsourced. Complex and creative work is what gives companies unique business advantages. Complex and creative work is difficult to replicate, constantly changes and requires greater tacit knowledge. Tacit knowledge is best developed through conversations and social relationships. Training courses are artifacts of a time when information was scarce and connections were few; that time has passed. Social learning networks enable better and faster knowledge feedback loops. Hierarchies constrain social interactions so traditional management models must change. Learning amongst ourselves is the real work in social businesses and management’s role is to support social learning.
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    buena sintesis social_learning
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    Exploring the science of complexity. Ideas and implications for development and humanitarian efforts. Introducción a conceptos clave de la Teoría de la Complejidad del ODI ('Overseas Developmente Insttitute, 2008).
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  • who embrace the dynamic tension between creative disruption and operational efficiency can create new models of extraordinary value.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 17 Oct 11
       
      Alcanzar el balance (entendido como una tensión dinámica entre dos polos) entre la creación disruptiva y la eficiencia operacional.
  • Why are some organizations consistently good at innovating and/or adapting while others seem to be blindsided by change? Is it because of their disciplined innovation process or the knowledge and skills of their people?
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 17 Oct 11
       
      ¿Cuál es la razón por la que algunas ORGs son consistentemente buenas innovando y adaptándose, mientras que otras parecen sorprenderse por el cambio?, ¿es debido a su disciplinado proceso de innovación o al K y habilidades de sus personas?, ó es su determinación a construir una cultura donde la asunción d eretosno solo se estimula, sino que se espera?
  • is it their determination to build a culture where challenging assumptions is not only encouraged, but expected? Our IBM Creative Leadership Study found that leaders
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  • What, specifically, enables leading-edge organizations to capitalize on the inherent complexity in today's environment and catalyze innovation within their business models, products and services?
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 17 Oct 11
       
      Qué es lo que específicamente permiote a las ORGs de vanguardia capitalizar la complejidad inherente del entorno actual y cataloizar la innovación en sus modelos de negocio, productos y servicios?
  • According to the IBM 2010 Global CEO Study
  • the ability to embody creative leadership is among the most important attributes for capitalizing on complexity.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 17 Oct 11
       
      La capacidad para incorporar liderazgo creativo como una de los mas importantes atributos para capitalizar la complejidad.
  • developing future leaders
  • fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
  • increasingly interconnected world
  • three imperatives to accelerate the development of creative capital:
  • . Organizations will need to act upon
  • Creative leadership in action
  • enables a wide range of product, process and business model innovations
  • Uncover the key capabilities of the creative organization
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 17 Oct 11
       
      1.- Descubrir las capacidades clave de la ORG creativa. Facultar (empoderar) la capacidad de la ORG para entender cómo el mundo se comporta. Exponer a las personas que ven oportunidades donde otros no las ven y un mapa de lo que se encuentra. Conectar las ideas y las personas de maneras novedosas. Intentar muchas y variadas ideas . Inspirar la creencia de que la acción es posible. Mantener la disciplina para hacer las cosas.
  • Unlock and catalyze the creative capabilities of leaders
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 17 Oct 11
       
      2.- Desbloquear e impulsar las capacidades creativas de los líderes - Crear alto impacto, aprendizaje experimental vinculado a problemas reales de negocio. Desarrollar modelos inspiradores que demuestren logros y el liderazgo con poder. Dar rienda suelta a equipos pequeños y diversos para perseguir ideas audaces en respuesta a los desafíos. Crear estructuras de trabajo e incentivos alineados con la motivación intrínseca. Promover una cultura de visión inspiradora basada en la autenticidad e impulsado por la confianza.
  • Unleash and scale organizational creativity
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 17 Oct 11
       
      3.- Dar rienda suelta y escalar la creatividad de la organización - Compartir información para visión colectiva. Aprovechar las redes experiencia global. Ampliar la gestión y de los repertorios estilo de comunicación. Crear grupos Ad hoc de esos objetivos comunes compartidos. Influir en el comportamiento colectivo a través de analíticas en tiempo real.
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  • Of all human activities, creativity comes closest to providing the fulfillment we all hope to get in our lives
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      De todas las actividades humanas, la creatividad es la que mas se acerca a darnos ese sentimiento de realización personal, que todos desewamos alcanzar en nuestras vidas.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      ¿Cuál es el misterioso proceso por el que la gente creativa, aporta nuevas ideas, nuevas cosas? (durante 30 años el autor se ha dedicado a investigar ¿cómo vive y trabaja la gente creativa?. He dedicado 30 años de investigación sobre cómo las personas creativas vivir y trabajar, para hacer más comprensible el misterioso proceso por el cual ellos vienen con nuevas ideas y nuevas cosas
  • What makes us different from apes--our language, values, artistic expression, scientific understanding, and technology--is the result of individual ingenuity that was recognized, rewarded, and transmitted through learning
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Aquello que nos diferencia de los monos (nuestro lenguaje, valores, expresión artística, conocimiento científico, y tecnología), es el resultado de la ingenuidad individual reconocida, premiada, y trasmitida a través del Aprendizaje.
  • But creativity also leaves an outcome that adds to the richness and complexity of the future
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  • 30 years of research to how creative people live and work
  • their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Adaptabilidad a casi cualquier situación, y soluciones con lo que se dispone (resolución de problemas)
  • it's complexity
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      El rasgo mas característico de las personas creativas es su COMPLEJIDAD.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Multitud de individuos en uno solo, en cuanto a tendencias que muestran, a la hora de pensar y actuar. A continuación. se muestran los 10 rasgos mas característicos (según el autor), integrados en un solo individuo, y en continua tensión dialéctica entre ellos.
  • a "multitude."
  • dialectical tension
  • 1. Creative people have a great deal of physical energy, but they're also often quiet and at rest.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      La personalidad creativa, durante su actividad, despliega una gran energía física, pero también frecuentemente semuestra reflexivo y tranquilo, en reposo.
  • concentration
  • enthusiasm
  • freshness
  • It seems that their energy is internally generated, due more to their focused minds than to the superiority of their genes.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Vitalidad que parece proceder de su interios, mas que de su naturaleza física, como resultado de la 'focalización' de su mente.
  • They consider the rhythm of activity followed by idleness or reflection very important for the success of their work
  • 2. Creative people tend to be smart yet naive at the same time.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Inteligentes e ingenuos al mismo tiempo.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Pensamiento convergente vs divergente. El primero, se mide por los tests de 'coeficiente intelectual' (resolución de problemas racionales, bien definidos y con una solución correcta). Al parecer, la creatividad pudiera requerir un cierto coeficiente intelectual (120), pero por encima del mismo, no necesariamente se es mas creativo. El pensamiento divergente conduce a soluciones resultado de 'acuerdos' (implica fluidez o capacidad para generar gran cantidad de ideas; flexibilidad o capacidad para conmutar de una perspectiva a otra; y originalidad a la hora de proponer asociaciones de ideas). Concluye que, en cualquier caso, el pensamiento divergente requiere, para que sea creativo, del pensamiento convergente, también.
  • the cutoff point is around 120
  • children with very high IQs do well in life, but after a certain point IQ does not seem to be correlated any longer with superior performance in real life.
  • n IQ beyond 120 does not necessarily imply higher creativity
  • to use well two opposite ways of thinking: the convergent and the divergent.
  • Convergent thinking is measured by IQ tests
  • Divergent thinking leads to no agreed-upon solution
  • People often claimed to have had only two or three good ideas in their entire career, but each idea was so generative that it kept them busy for a lifetime of testing, filling out, elaborating, and applying.
  • Divergent thinking
  • involves convergent thinking
  • 3. Creative people combine playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      La personalidad creativa combina juego y disciplina, responsabilidad e irresponsabilidad.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      El trabajo creativo, no todo es de 'éxtasis' y diversión, lleva apareado perseverancia, resistencia, tenacidad
  • playfully light attitude
  • doggedness, endurance, perseverance
  • 4. Creative people alternate between imagination and fantasy, and a rooted sense of reality.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Alternan entre imaginación y fantasía, con un profundo sentido de la realidad
  • 5. Creative people trend to be both extroverted and introverted.
  • 6. Creative people are humble and proud at the same time.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 07 Mar 12
       
      Las personas creativas son humildes y orgullosas al mismo tiempo.
  • in current psychological research, extroversion and introversion are considered the most stable personality traits that differentiate people from each other and that can be reliably measured
  • Creative individuals, on the other hand, seem to exhibit both traits simultaneously
  • At the same time, they know that in comparison with others, they have accomplished a great deal. And this knowledge provides a sense of security, even pride.
  • in Newton's words, "on the shoulders of giants."
  • 7. Creative people, to an extent, escape rigid gender role stereotyping.
  • androgyny is sometimes understood in purely sexual terms, and therefore it gets confused with homosexuality
  • But psychological androgyny is a much wider concept referring to a person's ability to be at the same time aggressive and nurturant, sensitive and rigid, dominant and submissive, regardless of gender.
  • 8. Creative people are both rebellious and conservative.
  • It is impossible to be creative without having first internalized an area of culture
  • 9. Most creative people are very passionate about their work, yet they can be extremely objective about it as well.
  • 10. Creative people's openness and sensitivity often exposes them to suffering and pain, yet also to a great deal of enjoyment
  • A negative impulse is always frustrating
  • Without the passion, we soon lose interest in a difficult task
  • From book: Creativity: The Work and Lives of 91 Eminent People, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, published by HarperCollins, 1996. Retitled as Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention.
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  • Teaching and learning in social and technical networks
  • sensemaking artifacts
  • complex information settings
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  • such as the images posted above. Artifacts can include a blog post, an image, a video, a podcast, a live performance
  • basically anything that allows an individual to express how they’ve come to understand something
  • 2. They are a sensegiving tool.
    • Enrique Rubio Royo
      Enrique Rubio Royo on 13 Apr 12
       
      Sensegiving (coherence expression) tools
  • These artifacts serve two roles
  • 1. They reflect the sensemaking activity that the individual has experienced
  • how he came to understand the relationship between different entities
  • Through joint processes of sensemaking and wayfinding – see presentation below – learners begin exploring and negotiating the domain of knowledge. In the process, they produce artifacts
  • When learners are transparent in their learning through the production and sharing of artifacts, they teach others
  • Sensemaking artifacts are valuable in that
  • “if we designed education today, what would it look like?”
  • Would it look like our existing classrooms?
  • Textbooks? Libraries? Or would it look more like the internet?
  • What roles would teachers play? Or learners?
  • What would “teaching” look like
  • our current education system?
  • digital technologies change how people relate to each other and how information is created and shared
  • These trends influence the power structures in classroom or online settings
  • on the learner:
  • power change
  • requiring both educators and institutions to rethink what they do for her and what she can do for herself
  • Sensemaking artifacts reflect this power shift
  • learners can self-organize and guide each other, rather than simply walking established knowledge paths created by educators and designers
  • Each artifacts serves to “re-centre” the conversation around the sensemaking actions of learners
  • In this regard,
  • sensemaking artifacts are in competition with the planned curriculum (learning content)
  • sensemaking artifacts are another node in the learning model that distributes control and power away from the institution and the teacher and moves it (power/control) into the networks formed by students.
  • Enrique Rubio Royo on 13 Apr 12
     
    Magnífica referencia, relativa al proceso de generación de significado y la forma de alcanzarlo. Relación estrecha con el proceso PKM (harold Jarche; 'seek-sense-share'), así como del modelo cynefin de David Snowden). Muy interesante la inclusión de una presentación slideshare de Georges Siemens, relativa al tema, y que provoca el posting que se referencia (en el contexto del curso MOOC sobre 'learning analytics)
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      Naturaleza líquida de las redes
  • networks do not "play by the rules" because they are intrinsically too fluid and self-organizing for that
  • Let's look at 4 laws of social networks, realizing that there may be galaxies more beyond these.
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  • The grace of serendipity is one of the most powerful and accessible currencies in networks and, as luck would have it, it happens at the intersection of (network) consciousness and being transparent about one's gifts and passions
  • innovation happens at the intersection of learning and cultivating diverse connections
  • If your passion is to create a future different from the past, you value influence and influence happens at the intersection of credibility and location in the network
  • Get to know the people in a network who know lots of other people and cultivate credibility with them, and you have natural and authentic influence.
  • Generosity and introductions accelerate the growth the networks in amazingly unpredictable and wonderful ways.
  • Networks grow at the speed of introductions and acts of generosity among and between members of a network.
  • The more we understand about networks, the more amazed we become at their immense and inscrutable power and elegance, starting with the fact that networks do not have "centers" or "boundaries" and act more like complex adaptive systems than orderly hierarchies.
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    Naturaleza liquida de las redes
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  • LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter are incredibly cost-effective venues for growing relationships and promoting your law practice
  • lawyers approach social networking to market their practices
  • There are lots of tools available to help
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  • Let’s explore some of the best ones for the “big three” social networking sites for lawyers: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
  • Taming Twitter
  • is a great way to network with other lawyers and potential clients interested in a given practice area.
  • an enormous number of tools have grown up around Twitter to augment and improve the user’s experience. Here are four ways to augment your use of Twitter, along with tools to get you there.
  • Once you start following more than a few people on Twitter, it can quickly become chaotic.
  • Organize your streams into groups
  • you need a way to organize your Twitter stream.
  • Third-party applications that allow users to create groups make quick work of imprinting order on the chaos. These applications let you organize your stream by your relationship to the Twitterer (e.g., family, friends, work colleagues) or by subject (e.g., law practice management, New York Yankees). You can even create a small VIP group for the people whose tweets you never want to miss.
  • Go multimedia.
  • the ability to send photos and videos change the way you can use Twitter.
  • TwitPic, which is free and easy to use, is our choice for photo sharing on Twitter.
  • to allow you to send videos to Twitter
  • TwitVid
  • Use Twitter to publicize your blog
  • Twitter can be an excellent avenue for publicizing your blog. Posting a short, simple tweet that says “New blog post at [insert blog name here]” followed by a link to the blog post is all that’s required. The authors are both bloggers who track our respective blog stats somewhat obsessively, and Twitter is often one of the biggest sources of traffic to our blogs.
  • There are several third-party applications that automate the process offeeding these short updates, including the blog URL, to Twitter.
  • Twitterfeed
  • Carry it in your pocket.
  • For many busy professionals, the number one objection to Twitter is “I just don't have time for it!”
  • There are many hyperbusy and productive people who use Twitter. The key is realizing that Twitter isn't something you make time for—it’s something that you fit into time slots that become available.
  • To capitalize on the small windows of time that become available in life
  • you must have Twitter available in your pocket. Which means the solution is to get a tool that lets you access it from your smartphone.
  • The options depend on your model of phone.
  • Figuring Out Facebook
  • Facebook (www.facebook.com) is a more complex social media site
  • it provides a means to extend your brand and demonstrate your ability to produce a deliverable service through relationship building.
  • Achieving that aim, however, requires using the correct tools on the site to focus the right content on the right people. Here are some tips and tricks to get the most out of Facebook.
  • Control where the information flows
  • Unlike Twitter, Facebook will open up your life (and your family and your old college friends) to the world unless you seize control. Consequently, you need to distinguish between people that get to share your life and those that don't. You do this by creating a “list” under the News Feed column on the left-hand side of your Facebook home page. For example, you can create one list for “Friends and Family” and a separate one for “Professional” contacts. Once you've created a list, you can then restrict the list members' access to certain types of information.
  • Test your restrictions by going to the top of the Privacy Profile page, where you can use the “See how a friend sees your profile” button. Very enlightening.
  • Monitor your Wall.
  • Go to Settings, Account Settings and then Notifications, where you tell Facebook to notify you (by e-mail or SMS) about what, when and where things are added to your Wall. Also, make sure that you know when you have been tagged in a photo, just in case you don’t like the view.
  • Remember Google in your privacy shield
  • At the Search menu, you can set your Facebook search visibility, which determines what content may be searched internally and, separately, you can choose whether to allow search engines to see your Wall.
  • Feed your blog post to your profile.
  • Facebook also allows you to extend the reach of your blog
  • by feeding your blog posts to your profile page.
  • You can do the same thing for your Twitter posts.
  • Try a more business-centric focus if you like.
  • If you believe your Facebook presence should be more about your law practice as an entity than about you personally, you should use the Business Page feature.
  • An alternative to a Facebook Business Page is the Facebook Groups option.
  • Living with LinkedIn
  • networking community that is targeted specifically to professional users
  • It offers excellent integrated applications for building your brand name and promoting your expertise, including the ability to create your own communities within the community. Here are the keys to using it successfully.
  • Develop a great profile.
  • profile that emphasizes your strengths and minimizes your weaknesses.
  • Be bold but truthful
  • Spread your message using the integrated applications.
  • The applications give you a number of opportunities to demonstrate your interests and your expertise
  • Get and give recommendations on the site
  • Actively participate in groups.
  • Using Your Time Slots to the Best Advantage
  • Last but not least, remember that social networking never stops. So, to stay in the game from wherever you are, you should go mobile with Facebook and LinkedIn. Based for your phone mode
  • There you have it—a whole list of great tactics for improving your social networking projects to get the most out of your online business development efforts. As they say, if you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Use the tips and tools covered here and you’ll see a whole lot more in the social networking world.
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5 Stages of Workplace Learning - Social Media In Learning - 0 views

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  • how we believe a collaboration platform will replace the LMS  as the core (learning) system in use in organistions
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      Enrique Rubio Royo on 08 May 10
       
      En paralelo debe existir perfil 'eAprendiz' y responsables que lo promuevan en la ORG, para llegar al aprendizaje en el puesto de trabajo. El eAprendiz asume claramente el 'mindset' asociado a 'workflow learning', quien lo debe asumir, pues, es la dirección )directivos y ORGs 2.0). eAprendiz,
  • change from focusing exclusively on centrally diirecting and managing formal learning (aka training) in a LMS to supporting and enabling a collaborative approach to learning and working across the enterprise.
  • The difference between Stages 1-4 and Stage 5 is actually NOT just about a change in tools but a change in mindset.
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  • the key mindset changes that will move organisations
  • recognising that working=learning; learning=working
  • understanding that informal learning needs to be enabled, supported and encouraged - but not designed or managed "letting go", so that there is a move from learner control to learner autonomy realising that autonomous, independent and inter-dependent, self-directed learners are essential  in an agile organisation
  • we, at ITA, believe that in this fast-changing, complex world, this is the place that organisations need to be.
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    del eAprendiz y la ORG 2.0
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Thinking Like an Ecosystem | Center for Ecoliteracy - 0 views

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  • Since ecology is all about interconnection and unending change, creating patterns of causation that shape every organism and phenomenon, "thinking like an ecosystem" for me means living in the perpetual "why.
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      Enrique Rubio Royo on 31 Oct 11
       
      ¿Qué significa pensar como un ecosistema?... Puesto que la ecología tiene que ver con la interconexión y el cambio incesante, la creación de patrones de causalidad que dan forma a cada organismo y fenómeno, "pensar como un ecosistema" para mí significa vivir en un perpetuo "por qué". Es comprender que todos los organismos emergen con potencialidades específicas, incluyendo el organismo humano, pero su expresión es enormemente determinada por el contexto.
  • what specific conditions bring out the best in our species?
  • the wide and fluid dispersion of power, transparency, and an assumption of mutual accountability
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  • eco-mind is
  • through our consciously creating the essential context for that thriving
  • Shifting from the mechanical assumption of separateness and seeing our societies as ecosystems, we get curious about how aspects interac
  • Thinking like an ecosystem means seeing everything in context
  • Using our eco-minds, we soon realize that in our complex human ecology, many of the most important causal interactions may not immediately meet the eye — just as they don't in the wider ecosystem
  • By this I mean that, with an eco-mind, we realize that what's "good" in one context might bring disaster in other.
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