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How augmented mindfulness brings more creativity to your work
Submitted by George Por on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 16:57.Q: What is one approach that people could start applying today to bring more creativity into their work or their business organization??
Effective practices for creating community-enabled business results
Submitted by George Por on Sun, 08/01/2010 - 10:57.As more and more Baby Boomers approach retirement, companies are looking for ways to transfer their expertise to other employees. Some companies, particularly those with geographically dispersed employees, are turning to communities of practice to accomplish that goal, according to Darcy Lemons, senior project manager with the American Productivity & Quality Center, known as APQC.
Elements of collective intelligence in organizational context
Submitted by George Por on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 12:42."The capacity of a social organism, such as a corporation, to:
• sense its needs and that of its environment (stakeholders),
• generate choices that will satisfy those collective needs,
• anticipate the consequences of those choices,
• make choices that best serve the well-being of those affected by those choices, and
• learn from the consequences of those choices"?
Source: The Infinite Games Distinctionary, by Bill Veltrop
Catalyst for open government: knowledge management in the cloud
Submitted by George Por on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 11:44.
Knowledge management comprises a range of strategies and practices used within an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Cloud computing refers to services, applications, and data storage delivered online through powerful file servers.
"Deep personal relationships were a key to driving capability building..."
Submitted by George Por on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 07:24.
... say John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison
about the finding of their research on communities of practice,
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"What role do institutions of commerce, especially multinational corporations play in the evolution of our species? And what potential if any does business have to support a vision of humanity that integrates spirit mind and body on individual organisational and societal levels?"
Leo Burke, Director of Integral Leadership at the Mendoza College of Business, the University of Notre Dame