Aug
31
Using metaphors enriches understanding and provides insights that are not only theoretical, but also incredibly practical. Gareth Morgan, in his book “Images of Organization”, mentions the Brain as one of them, among many others. It didn’t strike me as an interesting analogy until recently, when one of my neuro-psy teachers drew neurons connections on a chart. Dependant on the brain territory, you either get neuron highways, i.e. structured and persistent connections, or a fully meshed design where connections can be established on demand, in virtually an infinite number of ways.
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Written by Cécile Demailly
Brain, Neuropsychology Enterprise 2.0, Science
Aug
25
Social networks are now a fully integrated part of the world of work. Their most important impact can be summarized within a few points:
- Social relation to work and private life
One’s relation to work is now increasingly related to one’s relation to society, individuals are more and more “defined” by what they do, how they appear in various social networks, professional like LinkedIn or officially private like Facebook. The friending groups (i.e. those individuals one accepts or solicits for being into one’s friend list) include family, friends, relations, colleagues, former colleagues, etc. in a way confusing for all. Some clarification is to be expected in the future either within the social networks (where one will have several categories of friends) or in between social networks (where one will belong to several social networks depending on one’s interest and type of relationships).
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Written by Dominique Turcq
NCM, social networks, Talent Management, World of Work Enterprise 2.0, Formation, Management, WOW world of work
Jun
10
The impact of new technologies, especially the web 2.0 ones, and social networks will dramatically change many HR systems. A few examples:
Recruitment
Recruitment will be impacted by the mass of information now available on individuals via the social networks, their voluntary contributions to their profiles, the possibility to know who they are by cumbing their purchasing habits, their friends, their digital footprint, etc.
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Written by Dominique Turcq
prospective, World of Work Enterprise 2.0, Formation, Management, Mobility, WOW world of work
May
23
Who said we had invented anything? Just go back in history and you shall realize that the world comes in true contradiction of the NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here means a refusal to use products that have not been developed internally) both in time but also in fact. First, we have just come back full circle in time cycles to obvious transversal needs; second, we have all decided to use the newly-developed social networks, independent of the place they were invented. On the whole, even though we have given in, one more time, to the US culture, we have come back to a necessary worldwide cohesion and hope for the best!
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Written by Martin de Waziers
Enterprise 2.0, Management, WOW world of work
Apr
30
One of the difficulties with organizations today is to represent them in an acceptable way. The old organization chart is largely outdated since it shows only the hierarchical dependencies and not the reality of the corporation. But what is the reality? How could one represent an organization in a way useful to employees, clients, shareholders and other stakeholders?
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Written by Dominique Turcq
Enterprise 2.0, Events, Management, Mobility, Uncategorized, WOW world of work, edito
