Leveraging networks for change

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History tends to repeat itself…. Innovation, financial crisis, industrial revolution, … Steam engine Internal combustion engine Microelectronics Late 18 th C Late 19 th C Late 20 th C Schön 2008 Third industrial revolution?

Human capacity cannot keep up… Cohen & Levinthal 1989 Growth Time Information and knowledge Human absorptive capacity

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Tomorrow’s workers building skills today ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Mahaley 2008, Merrill Lynch 1999, Beck and Wade, Prensky “ Digital Immigrants” “ Digital Natives” Work ≠ Personal Loyalty to company Learning at the desk Work = Personal Loyalty to profession Learning through “playing” The new generation is huge, 90 million people in the US alone. Already there are more of them around than there are baby boomers. Beck and Wade

… a generation that uses the internet to build relationships, find information and knowledge, solve problems, and learn Boyd et al. 2008, Rey 2008 Communication Personal Media Self-expression Collective Intelligence Content Production

Transparency: There is nowhere to hide… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8XxcOj3Seo Fortune, Rey 2008

Increasing pressure on traditional organizational forms Formal organization/ Hierarchy Teigland et al. 2005 Social organization / Heterarchy

Some leadership challenges! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Allen 1984, Burt 1992, Brown & Duguid 2002, Marsden 1987, Ruuska & Teigland 2009, Teigland 2003

Network dynamics impact creativity and innovation B A Teigland 2003 Poor creativity and innovative performance High creativity and innovative performance

Web 2.0/3.0 and social media help overcome these challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Unilever uses SL to bring together individuals working with Dove across the world

Serena Software: Strengthening internal and external relationships through Facebook ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Teigland & Hustad 2009

Leveraging external resources to find solutions and solve unsolved problems

eZ Systems and the eZ ecosystem: Attracting talent through its open source business model eZ Partners Community Customers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],www.ez.no Skien, Norway

Companies are turning to virtual worlds to facilitate creativity and innovation ,[object Object],[object Object]

Improving virtual teaming and cross-cultural skills Task: To build a bridge in your virtual team Designed by Duke CE and Stockholm School of Economics

HSB is creating tomorrow’s solution while attracting employees and customers today Building the house of the future in a competition with architecture students HSB: One of Sweden’s largest real estate management companies

China is making big efforts in Virtual Worlds! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],www.crd.gov.cn, www.foreignpolicy.com “ The real China is only a piece of land. We believe that there must be a China in the virtual world and the real world.” Robert Lai, Chief Scientist, CRD

Sessions introducing VWs NY HRPS March 11, 2009 Do you want to learn more?

So, what does all this mean? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is network leadership? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],I f you love knowledge, set it free …

Thanks and see you in world! Karinda Rhode aka Robin Teigland [email_address] www.knowledgenetworking.org www.slideshare.net/eteigland Photo by H. Lindholm, Metro

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