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Designing for Change

Humans Are Creative and We Like To Share

Social scientist and virtual media expert and author, Clay Shirky of NYU, shares his latest thoughts on how virtual online collaboration is changing social systems. The implications for organizations is

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Corporate Social Responsibility – An Opportunity For Business and Social Change

In a recent conversation with colleagues about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) the discussion turned to where that function should reside in an organization.  The question being asked was should it

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Developing Effective Organization Development Competencies

Recently a colleague asked, “What are the competencies required of a good Organization Development (OD) professional?”
Good? Kidding, I responded,  “Now there is a value judgment. What about effective?”
Later, giving

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It’s Not Whether You Do Social Media, But How Well

The latest video from socialnomics.net is largely directed to advertisers, trends in communications are important harbingers for organizations as well. Consider how two-way communications made possible by the same

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How Protyping Validates Our Assumptions

The value of designing for change is that we can learn from our assumptions.  See how well executives do compared in kindergartners.

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Designing For Change: Not Always So Serious

As leaders of change, we take our work seriously. Still with all the seriousness in the world, it’s important not to take ourselves too seriously. This video from our friends

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Rethinking the Organization

Graphic recording notes from the recent Pegasus Systems Thinking Conference in Seattle.

Find more photos like this on Pegasus Conference Community.

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New Tools for Change Inevitably Emergent

I’ve been making use of social media a lot lately to follow the work of people with whom I share common interests. I find the whole emergent nature

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On Becoming A Scrum Master

This week I became a Scrum Master I was in fact, certified, through training conducted by the amazingly talented, wise and committed Agile consultant, Tobias Mayer and improv artist

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What’s Changing About Change? Education For One Thing

A recent article on the blog site mashable.com, Twitter Professors: 18 People to Follow for a Real Time Education points to yet another way people are using Social Media.

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The Trust Model Is Dead, Now What?

In the late 1990s, I developed an institutional trust model for clients involved in online business transactions. These clients stake their livelihoods on the belief that mistrust is a natural

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We Don’t Resist Change, We Resist Its Impact

The most common myth about change is that we resist it, but this is a misunderstanding of change. Change is an event. Change is a point in time when something

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Sources of Innovation Part 2: Understanding The Impact of Organizational Systems

Have you wondered why the current economic crisis felt like it hit us so quickly and severely? Have you wondered why fixing the economy is both slow and difficult.

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Organizations of the Future

IBM recently released the 2009 version of the Global CEO Study. The study included in-person interviews with 1,130 CEOs, general managers and senior public sector and business leaders from

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Sources of Innovation Part 1: If You’re a Hammer, Everything Looks Like A Nail

This article begins the first in a multi-part series about uncovering and utilizing the Sources of Innovation in businesses, non-profit and other institutions. Because this work is based on

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The Two Greatest Organizational Strengths

Sustainability and resilience are always valuable, but in times of great uncertainty our competencies in adaptation and renewal will be tested for sure.
So what are we talking about when we

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Where You Spend Your Time Determines Your Future

“There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear energy] will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.” — Albert Einstein
With

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Rethinking Strategy and Planning

What is Strategy?
Strategy is a business topic that is both widely discussed and misunderstood. This is due in part to the fact that there are many kinds of strategies

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Why Investing in Change Work is Important

What is the meaning of "change work" and why does it matter?
If the very thought of change work makes your eyes roll, you might be someone who is already aware

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Strategic Planning… What’s the Value?

Many organizations invest significant resources in formal, annual strategic-planning processes — and then see little benefit from the investment. In research conducted by Sarah Kaplan and Eric Beinhocker of MIT

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