Bill ponders:
>leadership and technology. They seem to be two completely separate thoughts
OK
here's a few thoughts
For me the task of a leader is to set or frame 'context', not manage
'text'/'content' as Arie de Gues says.
In complex adaptive system terms its about shaping the rules that lead to
the emrgence of a pattern- if you like the pattern you amplify it and vice
versa. [we all have to work out for ourselves how, I'm just describing
what.]
obviously what we normally call 'communication' is key.
sooo... leaders will need communication media/strategies/ etcetera
sooo.. technology may well have a place in leadership. [and not just the
trendy stuff like WWW and email; personally I prefer post-its and
flipchart paper and blu-tak, (like Donald Norman, ergonomics guru and ex-
head of breaking prototypes for Apple's R&D people says : The greatest
invention of C20? the postit note.) and getting a bunch of people
together and listening to them much more than talking to them also works
quite well...]
another way 'in might be to look at how tech has enhanced [but can also
degrade] knowledge sharing or 'knowledge management', then see if there
are any commonalities
let me/us know how you get on
--from Arthur Battram, organisational learning consultant, Organisational Learning Group, Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government IDA for short, aka TOFKAL 'the organisation formerly known as LGMB'] , 76 Turnmill St, London EC1M 5QU, UK. phone: (0171) 296 6572 fax: (0171) 296 6666 apb@cityplex.demon.co.uk
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