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The Social Technology Trifecta: Individual, Organizational and Economic Change

Mar 6, 2012

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in “Social” Orgs & Media, Communities of Commerce, Employees/Individuals, Generative Orgs, Organizational Change, Progressive Organizational Movements, Social Media, Web 2.0 & Org 2.0

Social Technologies — all those different tools we talk about as ‘social media’ — are creating the opportunity for a social change trifecta. Social technologies are making it possible for us to transform how individuals, organizations and economics interact with each other, in ways that can help all three thrive. Social technologies make rich, complex,…

Is there a Business Model behind that Values Statement?

Mar 1, 2012

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cv harquail

in Authentic or Not?, For Purpose/For Profit Orgs, Organizational Identity, Progressive Organizational Movements

There are many fledgling businesses that have laudable intent and shaky commercial foundations. This is a problem because, in an ideal world, the businesses that stand for values we share should also be able to sustain themselves as businesses. That’s the key premise underneath social entrepreneurship and conscious capitalism. Purpose-driven organizations need compelling values, but they also need coherent…

Is Gamification a Cure for Entitlement?

Oct 19, 2011

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cv harquail

in “Social” Orgs & Media, Generative Orgs, Organizational Design, Social Media, Web 2.0 & Org 2.0, Work-Life-Meaning

What value is all this talk about gamification? It’s one thing to deploy game-design tactics to turn your for-profit services (like Foursquare or Hashable) into games. By playing games, folks actually will train themselves to use these products. More troubling to me is the idea of using gamification to redesign work tasks. Gamification and Work…

The “New” Crisis of Meaning?

Oct 4, 2011

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cv harquail

in “Social” Orgs & Media, For Purpose/For Profit Orgs, Generative Orgs, Members’ connections to Orgs, Organizational Design, Progressive Organizational Movements, Rants Raves Ramblings & Reflections, Work-Life-Meaning

What’s up with the word “new” in the phrase “meaning is the new motivator”? From all corners of the interwebz conversation about ‘business’, I see mention of this idea that meaning at work is something new, something that we have just begun to desire. Seriously. It seems to come as a surprise, or as a…

Purpose is the Killer App: Why Organizations Need Social Business Tools

Jul 12, 2011

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cv harquail

in “Social” Orgs & Media, For Purpose/For Profit Orgs, Generative Orgs, Uncategorized

What will it really take to get organizations to adopt social media tools inside the enterprise? Mere numbers won’t compel us, so don’t count on ROI. The shiny object syndrome won’t hold our attention, so back off with the bells and whistles. And, please, don’t work on us with peer pressure. We’re above trying to…

How to Design Social Business Systems For Engaged, Social Organizations

Jun 23, 2011

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cv harquail

in “Social” Orgs & Media, Organizational Design, Social Media, Web 2.0 & Org 2.0

Organizations are social — they always have been. But, organizations have rarely been designed intentionally to help us flourish as social beings while we work together. Neither our analog systems nor our digital systems have been designed to help us bring more of our social selves to our work together. But, it’s not that hard…

5 Ways That Systems of Engagement Bring Out Our Full Social Selves

Jun 22, 2011

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cv harquail

in “Social” Orgs & Media, Creating Authenticity, Organizational Design, Social Media, Web 2.0 & Org 2.0, Uncategorized, Work-Life-Meaning

Technology has a way of sucking the humanity right out of us. Consider how we describe, design and deploy ‘enterprise 2.0’ and work system technologies in our organizations: — When we talk about technology systems, we talk about machines, platforms, inputs and outputs. We forget about values, emotion, flourishing, meaning and purpose. — When we…

Make Distinctiveness Matter by Linking It To Organizational Purpose

Jun 14, 2011

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cv harquail

in For Purpose/For Profit Orgs, Organizational Identity, Work-Life-Meaning

Does it really matter if an organization is “distinctive”? When an organization’s distinctiveness (identity) is linked with the organization’s purpose (greater social goal), the organization’s unique qualities provide the unique resources needed to achieve that purpose. Organizational Distinctiveness is more than Positioning Managers often dismiss the concept of organizational “distinctiveness”, thinking that distinctiveness is only…

7 Ways That Social Business Advice is Wrong for Your Organization

Jun 9, 2011

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cv harquail

in Employees/Individuals, Generative Orgs, Organizational Design, Social Media, Web 2.0 & Org 2.0

“Social Business” is coming to your organization, whether you’re ready or not. Social business tools, also known as enterprise social media or systems of engagement, are increasingly being advocated by vendors and consultants as tools that help any organization do its work better. But, while the influx of social tools could really benefit your organization,…

Social Media for Social Change — Inside the Organization?

Feb 15, 2011

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cv harquail

in Leading for Authenticity, Organizational Change, Progressive Organizational Movements, Social Media, Web 2.0 & Org 2.0

This post is featured on Social Media Today. How has the activity of organizational change been changed, with the advent of social media? Back when I was an internal OD/Org Change manager in the Soap Plant, we spread ideas about change the old-fashioned ways: meetings, photocopied paper mail, and face-to-face conversations. With the rise of…

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