Tag: generative
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Generative Business Practice: Questions from Harvard’s Digital Initiative
I got lots of feedback from the folks who participated in the HBS Digital Initiative seminar where I presented some big picture ideas about generative practices. As promised, I’m summarizing what they shared with me on the index cards we used to gather up ideas. While I was so. glad. that I asked for…
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Acknowledge, Affirm, and Amplify Good Business Practices: A Simple Generative Tip
What’s the absolutely easiest way to contribute ideas to a community while boosting someone else’s business at the same time? Use your platform to Acknowledge, Affirm, and Amplify the work of companies and individuals that you value. You’d be surprised to realize just how often you’ll find yourself in a position to use your platform…
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What Makes Digital Tech Companies Models of Generativity?
Buffer, WordPress, AirBnB, Waze, LoveWithFood, ModCloth, Etsy— so many of the organizations I’m using as examples of generative businesses share a similar profile: They are relatively small, young, organized around a core software process or product, filled with coders and developers, and part of a specific tech community. Why is generativity such a defining part…
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What’s a Generative Organization?
What word captures the central quality of a Boost organization? Generative. What word seems weird to a whole lot of business people? Generative. Funny how that works. Now, what to do about it? I had a very smart friend read over my book proposal, and he said that the word ‘generative’, along with the corresponding…
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Is your organization flourishing or withering?
Organizations are organic things — they are born, they die, they suffer and they thrive. But very few organizations flourish. Organizations that flourish are rare creatures. We find them where business goals are tied to larger purpose, where larger purpose is linked to community needs, and where individuals’ authentic selves are nourished by and engaged…