Here is the Zina story from one of the Falling Skies teams. Zina Falling Skies This morning the link is up, which means Zina can connect to a few people in the Midwestern United States—if she’s lucky, she can bounce around the Net and find a way to connect with her relatives in Portland, but she’s not holding her breath. These days, it doesn’t pay to hold your breath about … [Read more...] about Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Zina Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
Future of Work
Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Richard Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
During the E 2.0 Organization Next Workshop, I asked participants to create people who live in the various futures we explored. Over the next few days, I will be talking the answers to their questions and writing little day-in-the-life stories about some of the people who might populate these possible futures. Today I start with Richard, a reinsurance sales person who lives in … [Read more...] about Organization Next Workshop Follow-up. The Richard Persona. #e2conf #organizationnext
Worktech11 NYC: Designing Knowledge Spaces
After many hours sitting around the Newark, NJ airport, I finally arrived back in Seattle late last night from my overnight trip to New York, and my keynote at Worktech 11 NYC. I gave the opening talk. I bridged scenario planning with Management by Design I want to thank Philip Ross and his team (especially Isabel for her excellent coordination) at unwork for creating and … [Read more...] about Worktech11 NYC: Designing Knowledge Spaces
Management by Design: What’s in it for Your Organization? #MBDBK
I do a fair amount of marketing consulting, and we spend hours talking about value propositions. So I thought I would share the value proposition for Management by Design. And today is a good day to have this discussion, because the Conference Board just released their latest numbers on worker satisfaction (see I Can’t Get No...Job Satisfaction, That Is - Research Report … [Read more...] about Management by Design: What’s in it for Your Organization? #MBDBK
Why I Wrote Management by Design
I have never worked at a company that really thought about its workplace experience, nor one that encouraged it managers to do so. We praise design in everything else, but the places where we spend our days, we leave under designed. Management by Design was written to address this issue. It outlines a methodology that I created over a three year period. The methodology guides … [Read more...] about Why I Wrote Management by Design