Tag Archives: business

Aspects of Social Leadership #4: Where Are We?

Posted on March 17, 2016 by

‘Is your visit business or social?’ asked the iPad in front of me as i checked in to visit someone today. There was, sadly, no space for a free text answer, which was a challenge as the decision was far … Continue reading →

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The Business Covenant: Sustainability & Community

Posted on August 12, 2014 by

When Tesco opened a small branch in the village, it inevitably sounded the death knell for the old bakery next door. The village butcher and greengrocers weren’t far behind. There were grumbles, indeed, there had been a protest, letters to … Continue reading →

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Personal, co-created and organisational narrative

Posted on October 24, 2013 by

I want to follow a story, on it’s journey from an individual through to a global business. It starts with a time when we learn something. This creates the initial disturbance, it causes us to think about change. As we … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Social Age of learning

Posted on August 13, 2013 by

We are in the Social Age of learning, where the bywords are agility and engagement, where formal experiences are less valuable than applied ones, where traditional models of authority and expertise are subverted by more social methodologies that rely on … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Authority, Change, Collaboration, Community, Engagement, Learning, Social Capital, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 69 Comments

The Learning Festival

Posted on July 22, 2013 by

I was at a festival this weekend, enjoying some great music in the sunshine with my friends. It’s a beautiful site, a Big Top for the larger bands, stalls for food and drink, and a small acoustic tent for more … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Attention to Detail, Choices, Choreography, Communication, Community, Instructional Design, Learning, Learning Design, Learning Journey | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Social Business

Posted on July 16, 2013 by

We’ve been exploring the Social Age from a number of angles recently: Social Leadership, the Social Contract, Social Technology. Today, as i sit on the train to London, i’m reflecting on the Social Business. What does a social business look … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Authority, Challenge, Change, Collaboration, Control, Culture, Formal Spaces, Informal Spaces, Leadership, Learning, Learning Culture, Learning Technology, Partnership | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

The Social Contract

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

My friend’s a retail manager. We were chatting about his role when he said “It’s a horrible company to work for: they don’t care if i leave because there are ten other people who will take my place“. I wonder … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Collaboration, Community, Culture, Equality, Inclusivity, Learning Culture, Legacy, Partnership, Relationship, Responsibility, Sincerity, Social Capital, Social Media, Success, Trust | Tagged , , , , , , , | 74 Comments

The nature of work in the Social Age

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Organisations used to own us: they recruited us as graduates or apprentices, mapped out a career path, trained and assessed us and then, finally, gave us a carriage clock and sent us out into retirement. It was safe, it worked … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Change, Collaboration, Community, Creative, Freedom, Group Dynamics, Innovation, Knowledge, Meaning, Networking, Ownership, Professional Practice, Social Capital, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , | 76 Comments

The growing pains of social learning communities: my Yammer diary

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

For a long time, my own organisation has used Yammer as a social learning and collaboration tool, but in a very informal way. There have only been a small community of users and it’s been very ad hoc in it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Community, Community of Practice, Control, Conversation, Forum, Informal Spaces, Learning, Learning Culture, Networking, Social Learning, Social Media, Social Networking, Yammer | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Should access to learning be open to all? Meritocracy or equality in learning.

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

On what basis should organisations provide access to learning? Should it be meritocratic, whereby the most qualified and highly performing individuals get access to progressively more opportunities, advancing their way to the skills and behaviours needed in a homegrown leadership … Continue reading →

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