Rebecca Jones – Ain’t What it used to be… & never will be again
- New collaborative and connecting technology are changing the entire concept of where our organization/job/work starts and stops
- mentioned the Cluetrain Manifesto
- very few professionals are talking about it stil!
- organizational decisions – hardest and last thing to do. It’s fundamentally about choices and changes, which are hard to go through
- cooperation evolves to collaboration – more like singing in a choir than playing on a sports team – everyone plays a part, it’s a collaboration
- 85% of work-related problems come from process and structure problems
organization 2.0 – what does it look like? some principles:
- form follows function – what you do will shape organization
- collaboration decreases as distance increases – more than 50 feet apart
- some relationships are weaker than others
- don’t get stuck in the minority
- organizations are ecosystems – they are growing or dying
- stability signals staleness and death
- clarity dissolves most conflicts
- hierarchies work for some functions
structure should create an organizational focus on the right issues at the right time
Don’t let tools drive what you’re doing – ie., the building contractor doesn’t show up at your door saying “I have lots of cool tools – what do you want me to do for you?”
Design structure to exploit library’s strategy and uniqueness.
(not to self – check out wirearchy.com)
I think this was also Rebecca’s presentation… (someone tell me if I’m wrong, please!)
2.0 Competencies:
- collaborative
- communicator
- confident
- independent
- initiator
- entrepreneurs (have something you are very proud of and want to share)