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The Unconventional Consultant: October 2010
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Saturday, October 23, 2010. Why The Unconventional Consultant. I thought you'd never ask. Unconventional, because the conventional is not going to be what we need to respond to the challenges we are facing. Unconventional, because I only write in passing about the challenges we face, that I'd rather develop the process for understanding those challenges and responding together as people, as organizations.
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The Unconventional Consultant: January 2011
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Friday, January 7, 2011. Vancouver 2.0 Initiative. I am also very excited to tell you about my latest project that I am rolling out this year, the "Vancouver 2.0 Initiative"! What Vancouver 2.0 will become is a "creation platform" that will exist both in the online world and physical world where the people and organizations of Vancouver can co-mingle and create the collaborative culture to seed and de...
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The Unconventional Consultant: September 2010
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Wednesday, September 29, 2010. The talk, the desire, the need. Can all be around growth, innovative new product lines, services, but the psychology,. The mindset of the organization actually fights to stifle that very need. What can be one simple step for any organization to escape the gravity of status quo, bureaucratic stagnation? A living system. Every. In human organization, markets are the forest fir...
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The Unconventional Consultant: November 2010
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Monday, November 29, 2010. Great article outlining why fads in business strategies don't work. Http:/ www.managementconsultingnews.com/articles/rosenzweig article.php. Most companies and organizations understand at some level they need to change. But they go for quick fixes instead, and do not possess the courage and will to institute the kind of change that will make the difference long term. Two- system...
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The Unconventional Consultant: August 2010
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Saturday, August 28, 2010. I've written in the past here as wanting to set off "150 light bulbs" in people's minds, and a "tribe" with a 150 people in it. It's not a random number, as you possibly may have guessed. It is based upon Dunbar's number. Or what is sometimes called the '150 rule'. Groups larger than 150 begin to need different rules of organization and laws to remain cohesive. How we think of s...
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The Unconventional Consultant: September 2011
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Saturday, September 17, 2011. A Worthy Manifesto for Any Organization. This cuts right to it. While I can preach these sorts of cultural guidelines, coming from a guy who has run one of the world most successful hedge funds gives this a functional credibility that can't be brushed away. Hat tip to The Big Picture. And to Farnam Street. The Farnam link will take you to the full piece. 8220;all outcomes are...
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The Unconventional Consultant: December 2010
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Cisco Systems Bets on Group Collaboration for Increased Employee Productivity. Http:/ www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/cisco-ceo-chambers-key-risk-running-a-company-on-social-networking/40754. Noteworthy piece in ZDNet from back in October (hat-tip- the social media groups in the Linked-In discusion forums! Sure, says Chambers. 8220;The thing that’s about to change for organizati...
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The Unconventional Consultant: A Worthy Manifesto for Any Organization
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Saturday, September 17, 2011. A Worthy Manifesto for Any Organization. This cuts right to it. While I can preach these sorts of cultural guidelines, coming from a guy who has run one of the world most successful hedge funds gives this a functional credibility that can't be brushed away. Hat tip to The Big Picture. And to Farnam Street. The Farnam link will take you to the full piece. 8220;all outcomes are...
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The Unconventional Consultant: Back from a Self Imposed Hiatus
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Back from a Self Imposed Hiatus. Out of that learning process, there was no position I was particularly suited for other than a consultant. A consultant of what? Is a reasonable question. The answer comes back (every time I examine it) is I want to help organizations to thrive in any kind of future social and economic environment. A desire to lead. A desire to innovate.
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The Unconventional Consultant: May 2012
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Creating A Community of Collaborative Connective Leaders Who Evolve the Organizations of the Future. Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Future of Organization. Today, I want to give enough of an overview of the system, process and strategy so as we can each better understand how to engage ourselves in the process, and then use that engagement in our own directives. This "Organization of the Future"? As such, it is heavily based on living systems and complex adaptive systems. Vision and Philosophy- A Sketch.