A presentation about the dawn of a new era in performance improvement. It is especially relevant to human performance technologists and to anyone with an interest in managing the performance of people, processes and organizations.
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Arizona ispi apr 6 2011
1. Human Performance Technology
The Dawn of a New Era
Fred Nickols, CPT
Arizona ISPI Meeting
April 6, 2011
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2. A Note about Notes
A copy of this presentation is available at:
http://www.nickols.us/AZISPI2011.pdf
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3. Introduction & Overview
• The End of the Old Era
– A shift in the nature of work & working
– A shift in the locus of control
– A need for some new models & a new approach
• The Dawn of the New Era
– Some models – performance & organizations
– Some examples & ideas
– Some discussion
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6. The Knowledge Worker
“No one can direct him. He has to direct himself. He is
the guardian of his own standards, of his own
performance, and of his own objectives.”
Peter Drucker
Management (1973)
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7. What Was It?
It wasn’t a shift to knowledge work!
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8. It Was a Shift
From…
– materials-based,
– easily observed,
– prefigured working
activities
To…
– information-based,
– difficult to observe,
– configured working
activities
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11. The Upshot of the Shift
• We can no longer engineer their performance
• They must engineer their own performance
• Performance engineering must be woven into
the fabric of the organization; it must become
a pervasive and robust capability
• HPT practitioners can help with that but we
need new models and a new approach
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29. Related Resources
• Manage Your Own Performance: No One Else
Can
• Inside the Process Box
• Fit & Fitness: The Yin & Yang of Sustainability
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30. Contact Information
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Fred Nickols
Managing Partner
Distance Consulting, LLC
1558 Coshocton Ave – 303
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
(740) 504-0000
31. Some Related Matters
• Performance Architecture
• Contributions & Inducements
• The Control of Discretionary Effort
• The Control Problem
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