Retool management for an open and borderless world

“As the distinction between ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ disappears, managers must learn how to manage beyond the legal boundaries of the enterprise.”

Emerging business models increasingly rely on value-creating networks and forms of social production that transcend organizational boundaries. In these environments, management tools that rely on the use of positional power are likely to be ineffective or counterproductive. In a network of volunteers or legally independent agents, the “leader” has to energize and enlarge the community rather than manage it from above. Success therefore requires developing new approaches to mobilizing and coordinating human efforts.

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Discovering hidden influencers that make and break project success

A provocative research finding is that 75-90% of all large organizational projects fail to meet their original objectives, (Patterson et al. (2006)). The same research suggests human practices... Read more

Hack by Michael Lennon on January 11, 2012 16 Comments

Cutting the cord: Vodafone UK's revolutionary approach to mobility, flexibility & productivity

Vodafone believes that working smarter will help businesses survive and thrive in a challenging economic climate. The mobile group's UK operating company is undergoing a seismic cultural shift,... Read more

Story by Guy Laurence on January 31, 2012 0 Comments

Civil Servants Cut through the Red Tape and Share Government Forward

‘Why not?!’ is the motto of Open Government Places. Open Government Places allows civil servants to cut through the red tape, join forces, and share government forward. This project is called... Read more

Story by Kim Spinder on September 6, 2011 1 Comments

Managing Beyond the Organizational Hierarchy with Communities and Social Networks at Electronic Arts

How do you manage a very large, very complex organization that is geographically disbursed in many different countries around the world? You already know that the outdated hierarchal organizational... Read more

Story by Michael Cuthrell on January 31, 2012 0 Comments

How to start a movement in your company - Part 3 - Unstoppable

Editor's Note: This is Part Three of a three-part story. Click here for Part One and Part Two. It was back in July 2010. I was planning a large meeting to brief sales leadership on what was... Read more

Story by David Choe on February 21, 2011 36 Comments

Advanced Management Insight

Web 2.0 provides a revolutionary opportunity to create a system for managing business performance in the form of a neural network of people and information, self-aware, self-monitoring, and self-... Read more

Hack by Tony Salvaggio on July 18, 2011 41 Comments

Massive Storytelling Sessions

Let’s change companies’ aspirations (mission, vision and values) from static words to catalysts that can transform organizations into communities of passion! How? We can encourage Massive... Read more

Hack by Alberto Blanco on October 25, 2011 14 Comments

Using Simple, Mobile Technology to Create a Culture of Radical Transparency

We are a small team. We don’t have time for status meetings. We can’t afford middle management. We have no tolerance for team members that don’t produce. We want to be... Read more

Hack by Lawrence Coburn on July 18, 2011 2 Comments

Measure Management 2.0 with CRI for Real-Time Management/Operational Control/Profit

Relationships drive business. Within the chaotic crush of interaction data coming off the Internet, smart mobile devices, Social Media, and Communities, is pure customer relationship gold. Three CRI... Read more

Hack by Linda Sharp on July 14, 2011 36 Comments

Creating a Knowledge Ecology for Public Services

Staff working in the public sector (Government, Local Government and Agencies) –are – for the main part – working on very similar agendas. Ultimately to deliver more efficient, more effective and... Read more

Story by Stephen Dale on October 11, 2011 0 Comments

Boeing's Workplace Innovation Lab - Engaging 'Generation Y' as a powerful catalyst for productivity and change

Boeing has piloted a bottom-up approach to innovation in leadership, productivity and new ways of working. The Workplace Innovation Lab pairs 'Gen Y' employees with their manager and provides 90 days... Read more

Story by Jonathan Winter on September 20, 2011 2 Comments

Strategic Planning the Wikimedia Way: Bottom-Up and Outside-In

In 2010, the Wikimedia Foundation, a small non-profit supporting Wikipedia and related projects, turned the conventional approach to setting strategy on its head. Against a backdrop of slowing... Read more

Story by Chris Grams on September 6, 2011 7 Comments