Comments for wiki-management http://wiki-management.com/blog www.wiki-management.com Wed, 09 May 2012 23:25:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on The Key To Managing At The Pace of Change: Work Smarter Not Harder by Rod Collins http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-22386 Rod Collins Wed, 09 May 2012 23:25:16 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=987#comment-22386 Ron - Your comment about changing the ways that people in healthcare organizations interact within a fixed space is a practical example of one of the ways that organizations can work smarter. Thanks for your perspective. Ron – Your comment about changing the ways that people in healthcare organizations interact within a fixed space is a practical example of one of the ways that organizations can work smarter. Thanks for your perspective.

]]> Comment on The Key To Managing At The Pace of Change: Work Smarter Not Harder by Ron Smith http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-22376 Ron Smith Tue, 08 May 2012 03:30:13 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=987#comment-22376 Rod - I connect with this on multiple levels. There are implications for Healthcare, even though the work is 'hands-on' and requires physical presence - where does the knowledge reside...? it will be more and more distributed and will take advantage of complex connections. But of greatest interest to me is the dilema that a healthcare organization that is changing at an accelerating rate lives and works in physical spaces which tend to be quite fixed and frozen. Even if there is capital available to build new or renovate, the pace of organizational change outstrips the slow cycles of design and construction. This compromises efficiency and safety. My approach is to increase knowledge about how the organization / people interact with the physical space and how it affects efficiency and safety - more knowledge shared can potentially lead to 'smarter' use of and interaction with the space. Rod – I connect with this on multiple levels. There are implications for Healthcare, even though the work is ‘hands-on’ and requires physical presence – where does the knowledge reside…? it will be more and more distributed and will take advantage of complex connections. But of greatest interest to me is the dilema that a healthcare organization that is changing at an accelerating rate lives and works in physical spaces which tend to be quite fixed and frozen. Even if there is capital available to build new or renovate, the pace of organizational change outstrips the slow cycles of design and construction. This compromises efficiency and safety. My approach is to increase knowledge about how the organization / people interact with the physical space and how it affects efficiency and safety – more knowledge shared can potentially lead to ’smarter’ use of and interaction with the space.

]]> Comment on What United Airlines Could Learn From Zappos by Lina Reinert http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=966&cpage=1#comment-22254 Lina Reinert Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:45:47 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=966#comment-22254 This merger is a nightmare! You are not alone! Not only paying customers but active and retired UAL employees are outraged. What a black eye the "New" CEO is giving this legacy airline. Continental management at it's finest! As a retired UAL employee I am so sorry to see you go! We appreciated your loyalty and business throughout the years! This merger is a nightmare! You are not alone! Not only paying customers but active and retired UAL employees are outraged. What a black eye the “New” CEO is giving this legacy airline. Continental management at it’s finest! As a retired UAL employee I am so sorry to see you go! We appreciated your loyalty and business throughout the years!

]]> Comment on The 5 Disciplines of Collaborative Leaders by BORIS GLOGER http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=959&cpage=1#comment-22217 BORIS GLOGER Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:07:27 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=959#comment-22217 Thanks for this really nice post. Especially your message: "they focus on the leading indicators that drive the outcomes." is a really helpful advice. -- Boris Thanks for this really nice post. Especially your message: “they focus on the leading indicators that drive the outcomes.” is a really helpful advice. — Boris

]]> Comment on Why Transparent Companies Don’t Need Elaborate Control Systems by Geoffrey Howard http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=954&cpage=1#comment-22202 Geoffrey Howard Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:38:27 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=954#comment-22202 Great post Rod! I see the Agile creeping in already. :) I completely agree that secrets can be high friction and big resource drain. They are rarely necessary and should be used judiciously. Think of all the bandwidth we can recapture when we are not trying to filter and spin information. The bonus - empowerment of the "big brain", collective intelligence!! Well done. Great post Rod! I see the Agile creeping in already. :)

I completely agree that secrets can be high friction and big resource drain. They are rarely necessary and should be used judiciously. Think of all the bandwidth we can recapture when we are not trying to filter and spin information. The bonus – empowerment of the “big brain”, collective intelligence!!

Well done.

]]> Comment on Why Transparent Companies Don’t Need Elaborate Control Systems by Peter Stevens http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=954&cpage=1#comment-22201 Peter Stevens Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:10:58 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=954#comment-22201 A striking counterexample is Apple, which had a culture of nearly paranoid secrecy around all their product development. This policy had the effect that Apple under Jobs functioned like a number of independent start-ups. Except for the top 100 or so, nobody knew enough to actually play office politics. I think the examples you cited have a reflected policy of openness and I believe Apple's policy of secrecy was equally well thought out. I suspect most companies have not thought out their management philosophy or framework, so the result is a mess. Is it the openness or the reflection which makes the companies work effectively? A striking counterexample is Apple, which had a culture of nearly paranoid secrecy around all their product development. This policy had the effect that Apple under Jobs functioned like a number of independent start-ups. Except for the top 100 or so, nobody knew enough to actually play office politics.

I think the examples you cited have a reflected policy of openness and I believe Apple’s policy of secrecy was equally well thought out. I suspect most companies have not thought out their management philosophy or framework, so the result is a mess. Is it the openness or the reflection which makes the companies work effectively?

]]> Comment on Goodbye Scientific Management… Hello Creative Management by Madelyn Blair http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=942&cpage=1#comment-22163 Madelyn Blair Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:13:44 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=942#comment-22163 Rob, great posting. I really appreciated the history. I know it, but you presented it so well that it became so obvious that we are at a new stage. Thanks. Madelyn Rob, great posting. I really appreciated the history. I know it, but you presented it so well that it became so obvious that we are at a new stage. Thanks.

Madelyn

]]> Comment on The Stoos Gathering: Giving Voice to the Rising Corporate Spring by Al Pino http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=911&cpage=1#comment-22103 Al Pino Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:10:21 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=911#comment-22103 This is very true and will continue to change the way exceptional businesses succeed. I wonder when it will will move to government and politics. I believe the current system is broken and suffers from the same power hungry characteristics as business. This is very true and will continue to change the way exceptional businesses succeed. I wonder when it will will move to government and politics. I believe the current system is broken and suffers from the same power hungry characteristics as business.

]]> Comment on Revolutionizing the Workplace: Q&A with Stephen Denning by Terese Steffan http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=619&cpage=1#comment-11353 Terese Steffan Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:07:57 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=619#comment-11353 I think this is very important. Thanks a lot. I think this is very important. Thanks a lot.

]]> Comment on Why we are having so much trouble with health care reform by Darron Bechtold http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-4026 Darron Bechtold Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:54:47 +0000 http://wiki-management.com/blog/?p=46#comment-4026 Great post. Thanks! Great post. Thanks!

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