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What’s going to happen when your leaders start retiring in the next five to 10 years?

On 10/21/2010, in leadership, organizational change, strategy, workplace, by Daniel Christian

What’s going to happen when your leaders start retiring in the next five to 10 years? — from ASTD.org by Tora Estep

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Think about it: 78 million baby boomers are set to turn 65 over the next two decades, and they will crowd the doors as they start walking out. Think about your organization: What’s going to happen when Bob, the CFO, decides he’s done plenty in his career and is ready to move on and start a vineyard? What happens when Mary, the CEO, announces her retirement to sail around the world on a catamaran? What happens when your directors of training, marketing, production, R&D, and so forth leave? What will the day-to-day functioning of your organization look like, let alone your strategy? Is your organization ready to fill the gaps that those people are going to leave?

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CIOs are change agents for a more collaborative, virtual workplace

On 10/20/2010, in business, change, collaboration, game-changing environment, innovation, leadership, organizational change, strategy, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

CIOs are change agents for a more collaborative, virtual workplace — ASTD.org

(From PRNewswire) — Cognizant, a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, announced today the results of a research report, “Next-Generation CIOs: Change Agents for the Global Virtual Workplace.” The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted the research across Europe and North America and wrote the report, in cooperation with the Cognizant Business Consulting practice.

The report reveals the CIO’s role in restructuring how work is done throughout the organization.  Among the more than 400 survey respondents, mostly CIO, CEO, vice president, and director-level, those who are moving toward more virtual, collaborative teams are benefitting from increased innovation, more effective talent recruitment and retention, and higher productivity. One in six said their companies are already seeing these results, and another one-fifth expect to garner benefits within a year.

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Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms with RSA Animate

On 10/14/2010, in change, creativity, education, education reform, K-12 related, organizational change, presentations, social learning / networks, by Daniel Christian

RSA Comment with Sir Ken Robinson - October 2010

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EDUCAUSE 2010 Day 2: Hamel, Gates, lecture capture, and tough publishers

On 10/14/2010, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, adult learning, change, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, education reform, education technology, emerging technologies, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, leadership, online learning, organizational change, pace of change, publishing, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

EDUCAUSE 2010 Day 2: Hamel, Gates, lecture capture, and tough publishers — from InsideHigherEd.com by Joshua Kim

From DSC:
Especially of interest here to me was the item about TechSmith and Sonic Foundry…veerrry interesting. Also, administrators, deans, and department chairpersons NEED to hear Hamel’s presentation/thoughts. To me, it held some of the most lasting value from any presentation that was offered online yesterday.

Gary emphasized the need for us to keep reinventing ourselves — and I would add, given the pace of change, this is just as true of each of us as individuals as our collective organizations.  He noted the accelerating pace of change, that knowledge itself is changing…and that most organizations today were never built to handle this kind of change. He stressed the need to be more nimble.

The web:

  • Dematerializes
  • Disintegrates
  • Disintermedites
  • Democratizes

Too often organizational change is episodic, convulsive — reacting to a time of crisis. (From DSC: Read…when the organization has been broadsided.)

We are broadsided not because we couldn’t see things coming down the pike, but because those things were not pallatable to us….hmmm…sounds of online learning and web-based collaboration are ringing in my ears…

Try to imagine the unimaginable.




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