Inspiring Social Change Within Your Organization
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“The spiritual promise of the web is the return of voice.”- David Weinberger, Cluetrain Manifesto
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In today’s 2.OPEN knowledge economy, employees expect to express more of their voice at work.
Co-CreationCollaborationContribution
CreativityClarity
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And employees expect access and want to hear more of leadership’s authentic voice.
“Trust and transparency are as important to
company reputation as the quality of
products and services.”- Edelman Trust Barometer 2010
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That’s why we need smarter, faster, better collaboration via the Collective Intelligence.
New IBM Global HR Study says: “Tapping into a broad base of institutional knowledge is critical to developing
and maintaining an innovative culture. Enterprises must adapt innovations, apply them across their organizations
and find new ways to connect people to each other and to information, both internally and externally.”
Great! We know that collaboration generates business value throughout organizations.
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But what if brands / organizations / individuals are not clear about their authentic voice?
“By 2010, more than half of companies that have established an online community will fail to
manage it as an agent of change, ultimately eroding customer value.”
- Gartner Group
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There are many natural barriers to collaboration.
SilosDistance
Multiple LocationsHeavy WorkloadDueling Priorities
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And many self-created barriers …
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Which translate to many visible resistances to collaboration.
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But business reinvention is already happening.
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Which means you have to be ready to reinvent with it ... or perish!
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“Transformation is making barriers disappear that you
didn’t know existed.”- Landmark Education
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INSERT CRAZY TECH COLLAGE
INSERT RESISTANCE DECISION-MAKER
Hold the Tech!
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INSERT CRAZY TECH COLLAGE
INSERT RESISTANCE DECISION-MAKER
Hone In On the People!
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Focus on “Bright Spots”easy-to-understand-and-adopt actions
that give way to broader, more successful, ongoing, sustainable change
Systemic Changelonger ramp-up / slower
implementation that can take years to work out
You have (at least) two approaches…
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ACME Org Chart
The Social Technology Adoption Continuum: a reality check for managing project/sponsor expectations.
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3 Ways to InspireSocial Change Now
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1. Align & Focus: Connect big picture to day-to-day individual work flow
Leadership: RESULTS
Middle-Management:
PROCESS
Employees: RECOGNITION
Create Individual
“A-Ha!” Moments
-tie social media initiatives to business imperatives: i.e. talent retention / acquisition, greater efficiencies, innovation, etc.- deliver case study feedback: create, track, measure & report on one-page dashboard with business analytics
- work offline with managers to help them help others collaborate- show managers how they are the liason between vision and action
- keep it in the flow of what they’re already doing- co-create pain points that social media can help with- demonstrate how they can connect and collaborate with others already doing it
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1. Align & Focus
2. BUBIA! BUBIA!: Be Unreasonable! Be in Action!22
Leadership: RESULTS
Middle-Management:
PROCESS
Employees: RECOGNITION
Identify, Spark and Promote
Natural Pockets of Energy
- demonstrate current team success and propose how social media can spike their integrated future success
- integrate managers with teams already engaged in social media campaigns- offer coaching on how they can participate
- introduce new social media strategies, tools, tactics to amp their success- reinforce project line-of-sight to big pic org goals
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3. Become a Collaboration Catalyst: Create Connection + Conversation
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Leadership: RESULTS
Middle-Management:
PROCESS
Employees: RECOGNITION
Build Big Wins With Baby Steps
- remember: “transformation is a stone rolling down hill!”- keep track of how mindsets are evolving and continue to propose new collaboration technologies / strategies- celebrate and promote wins
- offer reminders on how to continually reinforce permission to employees- encourage manager to shine spotlight on employees- help manager document and package process to present as replicable and scalable solution
- help keep team focused on tighter, simple suite of social media tools - continue to encourage usage, frequency and fun with social media!- create multi-media team testimonial
253. Become a Collaboration Catalyst
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Thank You! Let’s keep the conversation going!
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