January 2010
14 posts
“Disconnecting knowledge from its source, in terms of people and places, will...”
– Steve Barth
“I think top-down organizations got started because the bosses either knew more...”
– Signs of Intelligent Life in the Corner Office : Andrew McAfee’s Blog
“The move toward an intangible economy makes things more complicated. First...”
– Bertrand Duperrin
“Innovation happens when people use things in unexpected ways, or come up against...”
– Dave Snowden
“Co-operation presumes the freedom of individuals to join and participate so that...”
– Harold Jarche
“One of the principles in social network science is that when people are better...”
– Jack Ricchiuto
This new frontier of studying tacit interactions is interesting not only because it is virgin territory but also because successful management techniques are hard to copy. In contrast to transformations and transactions, which can be mapped and codified, tacit interactions depend on complex mixtures of judgment, problem-solving and information exchanges, often involving group behaviour that is...
Many organizations struggle to balance the conflicting demands of efficiency and innovation. Organizations can become more efficient in the short run by replacing costly, unpredictable problem solving activity with consistent, streamlined routines. However, this efficiency often comes at the cost of long-run adaptability. The more organizational activity is dominated by stable routines, the less...
“Successful projects depend on the entire group working well together…individual measures work against group cohesiveness.
I’ve written more lines. I’ve answered more phone calls. I’ve put out more fires. Therefore I must be better.
Has the fact that an individual shines done anything for the success of the overall project? Has the entire group been given new skills...
“Many management gurus claim “people matter,” but still relegate strategy to an...”
– Nilofer Merchant
“People, teams and organizations are often given ‘targets’ by which...”
– Measures, Targets and Rewards (Gurteen Knowledge)
“There are thousands of scenarios considered daily and we do not know which...”
– John Bordeaux
“Habits in humans determine action, not mission statements, organisational values...”
– Dave Snowden
““Real knowledge work is about handling the exceptions. Everything else can be...”
– Paula Thornton