"Organizations Don't Tweet,People Do" Chs 6-15, pt 2

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Q15)  How might the future of management change due to social tools and our abilities share knowledge and work together? Loc:938 #lrnbk

Q16) The author states that “Social Media is not a bottom up revolution” .How can this belief be leveraged to improve executive buy-in? Loc:959 #lrnbk

Q17)   The author warns us to beware of the “echo chamber”. How do you remain diligent to avoid group think? Loc:1080 #lrnbk

Q18)  Real leaders have followers. Who are your “leaders” in this space and how have they displayed courage, consistency, and/or adding real value? Loc:1224 #lrnbk

Tuesday: Chapters 17-25

Thursday : Chapters 26- 35

Monday April 9: Remaining chapters/end material 

"Organizations Don't Tweet, People Do" Chs 6-15, pt 1

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First let's look at Semple's considerable attention to the importance of writing, and blogging in particular: 


Q9)"Even if no one learns from what you write,you do: this may be the greatest reward." Agree? Enough to maintain a social diary but gain no inputs?  #lrnbk 

 Q10) What does the author mean by, "Social tools...are like a new form of literature?" #lrnbk
Q11) The author lists benefits to being open about your failings. Are there others? What's the downside? #lrnbk
Q 12)  "The more you give, the more you get." Agree? Examples? #lrnbk

Q 13) "As you do more of your learning in public, relationship w your boss changes" True? How? 

Q14) "The metaphor of the document has become a liability". How do we see this play out? #lrnbk 


Sunday: Leadership and etc. 

Organizations Don't Tweet, People Do #lrnbk chat Chs 1-5, Pt 2

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Q6) What does being strategically tactical look like? How can you promote this with stakeholders? Loc:326 #lrnbk

Q7) What steps would need to be taken to hasten the transformation of a traditional org command & control structure to one based on democratic principles? #lrnbk

Q8) Ch 3:Common theme is taking responsibility for ourselves&those around us. What does

this look like? How to do daily? #lrnbk

Starts Friday, March 30: Discussion of
Chs 6-10 "Writing Ourselves into Existence"

and

Chs 11-15 Leaders & Followers 

Organizations Don't Tweet, People Do chs 1-5 #lrnbk

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Q1. @Euan says power is shifting from orgs to networks/individuals. Do/Where do you see evidence? #lrnbk

Q2. Where is the energy in your organization? Why does energy emerge? How can you copy it? #lrnbk

Q3.  What are some examples of Trojan Mice? (Ch2) Seen them? Done them?  #lrnbk

Q4. Ch4: "Knowledge has to be shared to have value." Agree/disagree? Why? #lrnbk

Q5. The author cautions against the use of platforms. Do you agree? What are pros/cons? #lrnbk

More questions Wednesday 3/28 7:30 am ET.

Discussion of chapters 6-12 begin Friday 3/30 7:30 am ET 

Chat leaders: Jane Bozarth @janebozarth & Mark Britz @Britz

Questions for upcoming chapters? Suggest them in the comments section below.

"Organizations Don't Tweet, People Do" : #lrnbk chat begins March 26, 2012

Time for another #lrnbk Twitter chat! This time we'll be discussing Euan Semple's Organizations Don't Tweet, People Do, now available internationally via hard copy and eReader. (Here's the US Amazon link.) 


We'll start with the first questions on Monday, March 26, at 7:30 am ET, based on the front matter and first 5 (very short) chapters.  


Meantime, please get the book and start reading!  


The discussion will be asynchronous to accommodate time zone issues.


To keep from flooding the Twitter stream, we'll mostly chat privately at http://hootcourse.com/course/2242/, where you can choose to publish -- or not-- your tweets to the public stream. Start with the “hoots” tab to see just my tweets. We will use the hashtag #lrnbk – be aware that Hootcourse will add that automatically.

I'll (@JaneBozarth) be wrangling this with help from the smart and tireless Mark Britz (@Britz). Book discussion questions welcome so please add them here or DM me on Twitter.


Hope to see everyone soon! 

Jane 

"New Learning Architect" wrap up

Thanks to @MarkBritz for leading the latest book chat on Clive Shepherd's New Learning Architect! See the recaps below for details.

Best,
@JaneBozarth

Closing the Book

I want to thank everyone for their contributions to this Lrnbk effort. Attention waned a bit towards the end which is likely due to several factors that a few of you have agreed with me on. Success of a book chat is really up to the individual and although I was hoping for more participation I found that this virtual book club mimicked a physical one in many ways and thus is an interesting study of online vs. offline organization. Some of the reasons presented, which can serve to benefit others are:

Book choice: The New Learning Architect was more of a hands on type read rather than a conceptual, interpretive book like the Power of Pull.

Questions volume: Less may be more. Although one shouldn't feel compelled to answer all questions presented, the thought of 20 at a time might be a wee bit overwhelming.

Question type: This relates somewhat to the book choice as the question may not solicit differences of opinion or other be of a nature that lends to continued dialog.

Dialog: Nothing inspires one to contribute when they feel they are being heard. In the absence of deeper conversation the desire to continue may fade.

Summaries: One suggestion is to have a summary writer ready and willing to tie up the conversation and bridge to the next section.

Finally, Life happens. Work, family, learning all have their place and priorities. Like many who expressed the same sentiment, I too got pulled away due to other demands periodically.

Harold Jarche's Blog title reads - Life in Perpetual Beta and from this I'm reminded that we learn, we adapt, we move forward. Many thanks to Jane Bozarth for sharing her space and I hope all learned a little something more by being present.