Metaphors for organizational behaviour via wiki etc
Last Tuesday, I attempted to give an overview of the last year’s social media activities in ten minutes to some of our major stakeholders. Overly ambitious! Still, I stand by the images I used to illustrate how an organisation makes decisions and manages processes pre- and post- Web 2.0/social media etc etc…
Here’s organizational behaviour old-style:
(photo by oobrien on Flickr)
And here’s a very famous traffic junction which to me suggests all the excitement and risk involved in running your company in quite another way. I’m not saying we’re there yet but, believe it or not, it’s something I aspire to.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/sgRtrbG9dzw&hl=en
Filed under: Web 2.0, organizational change, social media | Tagged: social media, wiki, organizational change, Web 2.0, metaphor
Most unbelievable analogy as to how something can operate ‘on the edge’. No one would believe it possible without the video.
Thanks for sharing.
Genius !
It’s amazing, isn’t it? Wasn’t until I was struggling with that pesky presentation that I realised how identical it was to the effect we’re actually trying to create (though without the carbon monoxide fumes)