http://socialmediagroup.com/2009/07/09/is-e20-optional/ Helping Business Navigate the Social Web. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:13:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://socialmediagroup.com/2009/07/09/is-e20-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-4925 Kevin De Kock Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:24:22 +0000 http://socialmediagroup.com/?p=1174#comment-4925 @marysia Thanks for your comments. You make a very good point about courageous leadership being the inspiration for change and its true that the model could easily be changed to reflect that. Unfortunately, I have seen great leaders run into that immovable object known as corporate culture and fail to make even the slightest dent in it. Perhaps they weren't as great as I thought they were:) @marysia Thanks for your comments. You make a very good point about courageous leadership being the inspiration for change and its true that the model could easily be changed to reflect that. Unfortunately, I have seen great leaders run into that immovable object known as corporate culture and fail to make even the slightest dent in it. Perhaps they weren’t as great as I thought they were:)

]]> http://socialmediagroup.com/2009/07/09/is-e20-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-4926 Marysia Czarski Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:08:16 +0000 http://socialmediagroup.com/?p=1174#comment-4926 I read your posting here with delight because it embraces something fundamentally critical in the uptake of new innovations - corporate culture. However, I might tweak this great model a little - I think leadership is where it all starts, and then having a creative 'climate'. (The vibe in the space to embrace new-ness). Cultures take longer to transform, so the good news is that if you can get some senior leadership on board, that will probably affect the company's climate, and as people become believers, the culture will evolve if the right structures are put in place. I do a lot of work with organizations in the areas leadership, creative climate and cultures of innovative so that they take on the affective skills and behaviours to be early adoptors, change leaders, and ultimately more creative and innovative themselves. What is being identified here is that 'gap' which exists in so many businesses. They say they need to innovate, the senior leaders and the CEO are shouting it from the roof tops - like somehow it's a switch that can be turned on like that - ta da! When in fact, it's an attitude, a way of being, a possibility to live into to, and an exciting future to embrace. It seems our current economic climate has turned many companies into risk avoiders, cost cutters, and ambiguity avoiders. It could seem like a plausible strategy, however it won't build greatness. Time to shake it up indeed! I read your posting here with delight because it embraces something fundamentally critical in the uptake of new innovations – corporate culture. However, I might tweak this great model a little – I think leadership is where it all starts, and then having a creative ‘climate’. (The vibe in the space to embrace new-ness). Cultures take longer to transform, so the good news is that if you can get some senior leadership on board, that will probably affect the company’s climate, and as people become believers, the culture will evolve if the right structures are put in place.
I do a lot of work with organizations in the areas leadership, creative climate and cultures of innovative so that they take on the affective skills and behaviours to be early adoptors, change leaders, and ultimately more creative and innovative themselves.
What is being identified here is that ‘gap’ which exists in so many businesses. They say they need to innovate, the senior leaders and the CEO are shouting it from the roof tops – like somehow it’s a switch that can be turned on like that – ta da! When in fact, it’s an attitude, a way of being, a possibility to live into to, and an exciting future to embrace. It seems our current economic climate has turned many companies into risk avoiders, cost cutters, and ambiguity avoiders. It could seem like a plausible strategy, however it won’t build greatness. Time to shake it up indeed!

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