October 2006 archives

October 22, 2006 by Patti

21st Century Organization

Jenny Ambrozek, who with colleagues Victoria Alexrod and Suzanne Roff, writes about trends and thought leaders for 21st century organization blogged this week about a Harvard Business Review survey that is open to anyone. The survey — a project collaboration between Gary Hamel and Thomas A. Stewart — asks for free form answers to two [...]

October 15, 2006 by Patti

Philadelphia knows who its Connectors are

I just read a newswire this morning about a wonderful project in Philadelphia, initiated by LEADERSHIP Philadelphia to identify the top Connectors in the city’s business, cultural, private and public sectors. They brought in Karen Stephenson to guide the project. It’s a wonderful net work story (which I have found just too late to get [...]

October 6, 2006 by Patti

Sensemaking and Selection of Cooperation Tools

The October 2006 Harvard Business Review has an article by Clayton M. Christensen, Matt Marx and HOward H.Stevenson on “The Tools for Cooperation and Change.” From the title alone, I thought perhaps something interesting on collaboration tools, but from the reading I found something much more compelling. It provides a framework for making sense of [...]

October 4, 2006 by Patti

Chicago Masterclass in December

The Ark Group has just posted an announcement of the 1-day SNA Masterclass that I’ll be delivering in Chicago on December 5. Having a whole day to transfer knowledge and create a conversation with people who see the possibilities for SNA in their own organizations is a real treat. Bruce Hoppe and I are squeezing [...]