The language of participation for building dynamic organizations, communities and enterprises
Isn’t it fascinating when things don’t go according to plan, when an unanticipated anomaly or counter-intuitive occurrence shifts the landscape, revealing new, often unimagined possibilities.
Isn’t this what happened in the last US presidential election. Yes, it had to do with the bold, 50-state strategy that defied the conventional wisdom of red and blue fortresses with [...]
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“The fierce urgency of now”
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This pattern, which I have been tempted to title, “Destinal Challenge” or “Defining Challenge,” is more “practical” in nature than Compelling Journey, for example, but is nevertheless applicable at virtually every level, from enterprise-wide strategy development to project team implementation. It draws upon the practice of “contradiction analysis” as applied by [...]
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Place in time and sense of direction
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This is a larger scope, strategic-level pattern, which might also be called “Historical context” or “Place in history.” It answers questions such as, “What are the roots of our organization,” “What has brought us together,” “What have we come through to arrive where we are today,” “What are we [...]
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In a recent tweet, I wrote:
Increasingly drawn to creativity at the margins, in the gap, where little is expected & folks later scramble to explain what happened.
And nearly as soon as I released it, I realized I had used “margins” as a place holder for several different dimensions that may intersect with unexpected results, sometimes [...]
Just contributed a comment to another great conversation over at Tim Kastelle’s Innovation Leadership Network blog about “Personal Filter, Aggregate, and Connect Strategies,” and felt that I should expand a little here while the creative juices were still bubbling.
For reference, here’s my comment:
Now I’m realizing that there’s yet another dimension or perspective beyond filtering, aggregating, [...]
Time for corrective action. I have stood and continue to stand among those calling for greater transparency in the public sphere, and particularly in the workings of government. I operate under the assumption that whatever I place online or in email is ultimately available for all to see, by accident or intention. Everything I post [...]
What is social media and why is it so important right now?
Rather than aggregating a selection of the amazing wisdom and insight already available across the ‘Net (especially note the fantastic conversation taking place on Venessa Miemis’ posting, “What is social media [the 2010 edition]“), I’m going to adopt more of a personal witness approach, [...]
A recent exchange of comments on David Hodgson’s Idea Hive blog around “A Culture of Innovation is the Key to Our Future” got me spinning off into an entirely different reflection on “culture.” As much as I’ve participated in the framing of “corporate culture,” for example, in the nearly mythical terms of vision, mission, shared [...]
