Social Business: Can you handle it?

Social Inside (Photo credit: ixtlan)

A proposal to speak at an event being organised by My Customer

 

The biggest untold story of the 21st century is about the end of command and control as a useful model for orgainising the production of goods and services.  Network centric, self-organising peer-to-peer models of organisation aren’t just preferable, they’re a matter of survival.  This talk will explain why becoming  a social business isn’t just about new ways of working but the creative destruction of a 5,000 year old model of organisation that’s passed its sell by date. Question is, can you handle it?

Too much, too far, too fast?

Comments

[Gareth]

Hi Leon. Def too much, too far, too fast - but what's wrong with that?! I'm totally with you on this. Many people I talk to find many reasons why we shouldn't or can't re construct the organisational model around peer to peer - which is def where it should be as you suggest. But those reasons are largely fear/loss of control based.

The social movement - which lets face it has been growing for decades - is an imperative we cannot ignore. And I think organisations need to be pushed hard to consider change because I believe when the tipping point hits, there will be no time to react if you are not already on the journey.

I also completely concur with your social outside and inside analysis - its essential for long term success. You can't be social on the outside if you are not social on the inside.