via techcrunch.com Marked tobuy and toread “The key thesis is that, unlike previous generations of institutional change—when an elite at the top of the organization created the world into which everybody else needed to fit— the changes required to harness the power of pull will be catalyzed by and driven by individuals, from the bottom […]
[…] new research into what we call “distributed leadership” — incorporating what others have termed “shared”, “collaborative”, or “complexity” leadership — has shown that: 1) Leadership functions can be spread across multiple individuals and teams — even to those outside the firm 2) Leadership can be taken on by those not in formal leadership roles […]
via kk.org I think that Kevin Kelly is right on many accounts, ie. when prediciting: “Each new unformed, hackable, potential invention is quickly refined by use, and this use makes a technology more specific, more conditional, more open to use by know-nothings. Therefore each technology eventually becomes less malleable, less powerful in undefined ways but […]
Most companies say “Our people are our most important asset” – but few actually walk the talk. The research identified a success factor common to all the winning companies – that is, they actually believe this statement and demonstrate it through their actions. Winning companies displayed a greater long-term focus than the losing companies. They […]
Schöne Bilder und Musik – ein emotionaler Zugang zur Faszination, die sich rund um Collaboration und Wissensarbeit der Zukunft Gegenwart entspinnt …
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According to Whitehurst, companies today have a greater opportunity than ever to solve customer problems by creating transformative business models–for three key reasons: The changes in technology brought about by open source and the cloud make it easy to create IT infrastructure very quickly. The growing acceptance of the power of the participation enables customers […]
