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The Hidden Cost of Collaboration
An article on the HBR written by Paul Ellingstad and Charmian Love called Is Collaboration the New Greenwashing? makes some good points about collaboration and the importance of ‘walking the walk’,...
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Team Deficiency Accounts for Startup Failure 33% of the Time
Team deficiency accounts for startup failure almost 33% of the time, as reported by ChubbyBrain and Bruce Lynn. Although the original research includes 32 failed companies, it’s important to be...
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Socialogy and a Scientifically-Grounded Understanding of People
Stowe Boyd is starting some interesting research into what he’s called Socialogy. Stowe defines Socialogy as “The theory and practice behind social business, its tools and techniques, and their impact...
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Thinking about a ‘Physics of People’
Further to Stowe Boyd’s piece Socialogy and a Scientifically-Grounded Understanding of People and his Physics of People tag, I’ve been thinking about other people’s thoughts and ideas on the subject....
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Peopleware and Social Business – A Missing Piece?
Despite the fact that the term ‘peopleware’ was first coined in 1977 and a book by the same name was published in 1987, there is little contemporary mention of peopleware today in social business...
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Socialogy and Social Business – An interview by Justin Kirby
I was interviewed by Justin Kirby on the subject of Socialogy last week. Justin and I had previously collaborated on Collaborative Innovation on behalf of Nesta. The interview runs to about 20 minutes...
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A Physics of People and The 5 Criteria to Transform Business
Based on the recent comments from Stowe and Justin, the idea of a Physics of People is both valuable and represents something potentially unique. Given that the idea has the potential to transform...
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Actionable and Predictive Team Analytics
I’ve been thinking a lot about the value of actionable and predictive team analytics recently and a post from Naomi Bloom struck a chord. From her piece: Analytics — what types of actionable, embedded,...
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Can You Predict Team Performance?
Following on from a discussion on Linkedin, Steven Forth, co-founder at Nugg recently asked the following: Are there also analytics than can let teams know, in advance, that a project is likely to fall...
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3 Barriers to Adaptability and Change
There are 3 barriers to adaptability and change. Prioritising Short Term Profits Short Term Thinking An Addiction to Core Revenue Streams Building on a post from Gary Hamel on the Hacking HR site, the...
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