January 2006 archives

January 27, 2006 by Patti

Freshwater or salt?

I met with Dr. Jane Wei-Skillern yesterday in her office at Harvard Business School, where is on the faculty in the Social Enterprise group. Jane’s research and practice interest is in how non-profits can achieve growth strategies by building and leverage networks. We talked about our mutual interest in networked organizational forms and the emerging [...]

January 23, 2006 by Patti

When it all comes together

I’ve been absent a while. I’m back. A few weeks ago I was asked to facilitate a one-day eeting for a software system development team. They were behind schedule, over budget, and in a general state of breakdown. A good friend who is a member of the group recommended me to facilitate the meeting at [...]