Image: Graffitti: “Don’t Care, Won’t Explain” – photo by spanaut
Reasons for organisations to set their people free (to organise themselves) are outlined in an excellent post by Rex Lee called 5 Social Computing Benefits that Adoption Rates Don’t Show.
My favourite section is based on lessons from a favourite business book, Good to Great, by Jim Collins:
…Jim explains that the role of leadership is NOT to motivate. If you have to motivate and convince people to do something, you’re already starting in a bad position. Instead, if you have the right people and the right opportunity they will be “self-motivated”. The role of leadership then becomes making sure you don’t let people become “de-motivated”. Jim goes on to explain the importance of making sure you find the right people. But how do you do this?
One way is to leverage the power of self-organization.
Via social’s new slim-line high priest, Euan Semple… Cheers as ever, Mr S…
…And yes the sub-headline is in the irony font…
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