June 2005 archives

June 20, 2005 by Patti

Understanding personalities in organizational networks - lovable fools and competent jerks

People often ask about the person in the center of a network or a subgroup in a network: just because they have a lot arrows in and/or out doesn’t mean that they’re a great person, does it? Of course not! My answer (like those of an economics professor in a management course) is always, “It [...]

June 20, 2005 by Patti

Courses in ONA and SNA : Perils and Cautions

My work has increasingly shifted toward knowledge transfer. “Always learning ahead,” I say, as I focus on keeping up to date and providing client teams with the ability to do ONA/SNA as part of long-term initiatives to improve collaboration. This past week while I was at a client teaching a masterclass, Bruce Hoppe blogged about [...]

June 15, 2005 by Patti

Social Network Analysis Hits CIO Magazine

Right on top of an article in Harvard’s Working Knowledge about the New CIO Role: Change Warrior comes an article in CIO Magazine itself on Social Network Analysis:Who Knows Whom, And Who Knows What?. The game is afoot. Introducing software infrastructure is simply an attractor for changes in a corporate environment. At dinner tonight with [...]