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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

.orgSource

In 2005, when Highroad was one of the few virtual businesses, the concept raised some eyebrows. Organizations that were reluctant to update systems corrected deficits. Adaptability is a hallmark of digital markets. Commuting, excessive meetings, disruptions and office politics erode productivity.”

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Making Silos Work

Jamie Notter

To solve the silo problem, you need to increase your capacity for systems thinking. The different parts of the system need to be able to see how what they are doing is causing in impact in another part of the system, even if it’s delayed or somewhat indirect. That inhibits systems thinking. Image credit. Mary Lange.

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Knowledge Application Gap Still Exists in Some Emerging Markets.

GlowGlobally

Market & Biz Plan. Knowledge Application Gap Still Exists in Some Emerging Markets. Categories: Channels , Market & Bus Planning. These findings are even gloomier than the 25% figure for employability that has been bandied about since 2005, when McKinsey released the results of a survey of international companies.

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Future of Work Manifesto

Jamie Notter

This manifesto is also about an emerging ideology of business, where people are at the center of a human ecosystem instead of boxed into a mecha­nical system. If markets are conve­rsations, then the people who are doing the talking and the listening and the sharing are the most important asset we have. December 2005 (5).

Omaha 70
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Book Review: The Speed of Trust

Jamie Notter

When we want to build an entire system that is more trusting, we sometimes forget that we can start that by not telling white lies, by actually saying what we are thinking, and by standing up for our values. For the external stakeholders (the market), the issue is in maintaining reputation. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7).

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The Results of Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

We have come to expect innovation in our world in many areas, yet we are content to come to work and face practices and systems that are fifty or a hundred years old. We can’t move when the market moves. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7).

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Preparing for an Entirely New Economy

Jamie Notter

I was kind of embarrassed to face the fact that my understanding of the Great Depression boiled down to random ideas and phrases like “stock market crash,” “dust bowl,” and “new deal.” December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7).