Category: "Change Management"
Aug
02
How easy is it for your organisation to scale its activities up (or down)?
As you add new customers, what will be the impact on you? Does each new customer come with a massive overhead, or can you add them in with little additional effort?
You nee… more »
Dec
02
Internal communication - past repair?
Change Management, Social Networks, Information systems Send feedback » 2089 viewsOur internal communications processes are broken. Email memos sent down from on high very rarely get cascaded to everyone that should see them. The people on the ground don't believe anyone is listening to them. Information on corporate intranets is… more »
Mar
19
Flipping the classroom
Learning, Context, Management & Implementation, Change Management 2 feedbacks » 16076 viewsThere's a lot of thought flying around the web at the moment about the concept of "flipping the classroom" - using the internet to provide pre-classroom lectures and the classroom to embed that knowledge through exercises, coaching and discussion.
Key… more »
Jul
12
Can you change an organisation from the inside?
Learning, Change Management, Education reform, Politics 5 feedbacks » 3316 viewsLot's of things are coming together for me at the moment. This post is an attempt to try to mash them together and see what comes out...1) I'm reading the Cluetrain Manifesto. If there was ever a book that says what I've been thinking - this is it:… more »
Mar
17
Social media and the transformation process
Connectivism, Change Management, Networks, Consultancies, Yammer Send feedback » 4155 views#yam"Transformation", when you talk about organisations, is much more than making individual tweaks or changes to specific systems or parts of the organisation. According to Oakleigh Consulting, the keys to organisational transformation are (NB.… more »
Mar
15
Using Yammer
Connected Learning Environment, Change Management, Networks, Yammer 14 feedbacks » 11346 viewsYammer is a "real-time communication platform for companies, groups and organizations."It's a bit like having Twitter, but only for your company. But only a bit. In fact it's far better than Twitter in a lot of ways. Here are some of the key features… more »
Feb
24
I like new kit. Not just hardware, but software too.
I take new systems and new kit and push them to see a) how they work and b) when they break.
That's fine, but I know that people around me don't necessarily want to move at the same pace. At leas… more »
Nov
17
Wisetail Learning Ecosystem
Technology, Connected Learning Environment, Change Management Send feedback » 4612 viewsEtienne Wenger, in his thought-provoking book on Communities of Practice, states:Learning is inherent in human nature.Learning cannot be designed.Learning happens, design or no design.There are few more urgent tasks than to design social infrastr… more »
Feb
23
Ten tips for choosing & using social software
Technology, Connected Learning Environment, Change Management, Networks 4 feedbacks » 10538 viewsMy role often tends to be that of interpreter - helping IT people understand HR/Learning specialists and vice versa. This often means I'm involved in discussions about choosing and using software, particularly social software, often known as web 2.0.… more »
Nov
02
Much as I dislike questionnaires without a research-backing, sometimes they can be useful - just to get you started thinking.
My work takes me into lots of different organisations, and my research & reading has led me to look at a number of differ… more »
