ID Reflections

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Can an individual be a Consultant and a Project Manager at one and the same time? I have realized that we get so caught up with familiar terminology like Consultant, Project Manager, Project Lead, etc., Now, let’s move on to what a Project Manager does? Or, is an approach change required?

Consulting 100

Consulting Project Management Roles 100

ID Reflections

MAY 10, 2010

Spotting where knowledge flow is being bottle-necked and opening up those channels Interviewing all stakeholders (CIOs, training heads, HR representatives, line managers, team leads, technicians, engineers, SMEs, et al) to gather all the perspectives “Training” all stakeholders so that they understand the positive implication of training and PS 2.

Instructional Design 137

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 137

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

6 Knowledge Management Cultivating Communities of Practice Etienne Wegner, et al. 7 Knowledge Management/Workplace learning/Innovation/Business Collaboration Morten Hansen. 9 Training/Performance Management/HPT First Things Fast Allison Rossett. 13 Self management/Change/innovation Linchpin (audio book) Seth Godin.

Social Networks 172

Social Networks Cognitive Enterprise 2.0 Social Network 172

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Managers and leaders have to don the hats of coaches and mentors for organizations to become learning organizations that adapt and move with the tide. How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world?

Network 202

Network Diversity Training PKM Communities of Practice 202

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

This is leading to a shift in the role of the L&D department – from managers and disseminators of formally designed programs to facilitators and enablers of collaboration and communities. Managers schooled in the hierarchical system find it difficult to give up control. Give up hierarchical, command and control mindset.

Emergent 100

Emergent Organization Diversity Training Community 100

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

When I read Rachel Happe’s (@rhappe ) post, The Emerging Career Path of Community Professionals , I was reminded of my older posts on community management and the skills required. I wrote about the tenets of community management based on my experience. As community managers, we have to remove obstacles from the path of change.

Community 172

Community Roles Management Screencast 172

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 15, 2011

graphically represents a number of things a community manager needs to be aware of in her/his role. In my post, I want to explore all the "hats" a community manager needs to wear to execute her role. Each platform will haveits own functionalities and features that allow a community manager to curateand aggregate.

Community 193

Community Management Jive Screencast 193

ID Reflections

JUNE 25, 2014

They are using various tools for PKM ( Personal Knowledge Management ) and taking onus of their own learning. Hence, the role of an enterprise community (learning) manager could become even more imperative in the success of a MOOC. a comprehensive change management strategy, 2. a sound content management plan, and 3.

PKM 157

PKM OER Diversity Training Trust 157

ID Reflections

APRIL 6, 2014

Corporate MOOCs are likely to produce a breed of community managers who will be a cross between enterprise community managers and learning experience designers. Corporate MOOCs are likely to produce a breed of community managers who will be a cross between enterprise community managers and learning experience designers.

Social Networks 189

Social Networks Benefits Forum Community 189

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Fostering understanding of performance strategy with front-line managers. These “ensure that the right product is delivered at the right time to the right place”, and include – Management, Customer Feedback, Consequences, Expectations and Feedback. He also stresses the importance of: 1. The context of the performance is not conducive.

Organization 136

Organization Harassment Training Performance Support Mentoring 136

ID Reflections

JULY 4, 2010

Is there a stated training need, i.e., has clear areas of performance gaps been identified by the LoB manager/training department? Does the top management believe in or is willing to open up to the e-learning approach? What is the strength of the organization? Is the organization globally spread? How did you overcome them?

Consulting 153

Consulting Blended Learning Analysis Performance Support 153

ID Reflections

APRIL 10, 2015

However, while technology advanced forcing us to work differently, the human mindset and the accompanying organizational management models did not. And this takes us back to Taylor, command and control, hierarchy, and the other well-known and esteemed pillars of modern day management. However, this “efficiency” came at a price.

Social Learning 100

Social Learning Social Integrate Off-shore 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 18, 2012

One of the paragraphsin the article states: “Rules are comfort food for management. Of course,managers have good intentions: protecting the company from bad choices andcreating accountability. That's what everyone learns in Management 101. Rules allow managers a surefire way to dodge theirresponsibility and protect their career.”

Metrics 147

Metrics Toolkit Diversity Training Policies 147

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While reading Gary Hamel ’s The Future of Management , this paragraph drew my attention (there are other equally and even more memorable passages in this iconoclastic and must read book) for a reason. Tags: creativity Human resources Knowledge Management Gary Hamel Innovation and Idea Management. I would vehemently disagree.

Innovation 110

Innovation Expertise Knowledge Management Ideas 110

ID Reflections

JULY 10, 2010

(nickmilton.com) David Gurteen: Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management (opsregs.com) David Gurteen: Measuring KM: Measures, Targets and Rewards (slideshare.net) David Gurteen: People 2.0: Tags: Knowledge Management technology KM David Gurteen. Working in a 2.0

KM 110

KM Knowledge Knowledge Management Tagging 110

ID Reflections

AUGUST 8, 2016

Individuals are measured against the goals achieved or not achieved (as per the manager/reviewer). Without the leeway to browse and explore, under pressure to deliver impossible targets against a deadline, the best of leaders turn into efficiency-driven, blinkered project managers.

Cognitive 100

Cognitive Predictions Diversity Training Collaboration 100

ID Reflections

MARCH 12, 2010

The traditional world of project management belongs to yesterday. There will continue to be applications for which the traditional linear models we grew up with are appropriate, but as our profession matures we have discovered a whole new set of applications for which traditional project management (TPM) models are totally inappropriate.

Project 104

Project Change Consulting Tagging 104

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The crux of the problem lies in our inability to see how the culture of organizations stem from and is shaped by the very discourse of management that we have collectively subscribed to ever since the Industrial Revolution and the manufacturing era. The words become reality. The words become reality. Let me make a disclaimer.

Culture 100

Culture Change Social Business 100

ID Reflections

MARCH 3, 2014

Using the Cynefin framework as the anchor, I have tried to map out different aspects of workplace learning and performance, capability development and talent management. I have been inspired by various thought-leaders in the L&D and OD space, namely, Charles Jennings, John Hagel, Harold Jarche, et al.

Embed 144

Embed Organizational Learning Reference Learning 144

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2011

and Social Business Initiatives Are Likely to Remain Difficult by JonHusband Community Management CommunityManagement: The Strategic New IT-Enabled Business Capability by DionHinchcliffe Communitymanagement: The 'essential' capability of successful Enterprise 2.0

Enterprise 2.0 184

Enterprise 2.0 Diversity Training Enterprise Community 184

ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

Managing/facilitating communities and networks – IMHO, learning in the workplace will increasingly take place in communities – these could be communities of interest, communities of practice, or even communities formed out of project groups. Driving change management – L&D today needs to be the harbinger of change and also the driver.

Roles 167

Roles Social Media OER Performance Support 167

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

As long as experience makes one resilient, quick to adapt and learn, a good leader and empathetic manager, and increases one''s ability to connect the dots and see the pattern, the experience is relevant. This includes recruitment, talent management, workplace design, employee policies, articulation of values, and much more.

Emergent 136

Emergent Agile Culture Diversity Training 136

ID Reflections

MAY 31, 2015

They do not need stringent monitoring and managing. In such an organization, L&D needs to become community managers and connectors. Passionate, purpose-driven individuals do not need hand-holding and a checklist of training thrust at them to develop skills they require.

Roles 100

Roles Social Networks Community Diversity Training 100

ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

Learning and Development Manager at ACS Some the primary task that any learning consultant should do is 1) understand and list the goals of the buisness (specifically yearly goals). Management of Learning - which includes programme / project management, learning evaluation, stakeholder management, supplier management.

Consulting 141

Consulting Social Networks LinkedIn Discussion 141

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

As a practitioner in the adult learning and development space with specific interests in social business and community management, knowledge management, capability building and organizational development, I have started tapping into different online communities where I can “meet” practitioners.

Stock 124

Stock Skype Knowledge Worker Community 124

ID Reflections

MARCH 9, 2010

Today's managers and team leads need to be aware of more than just the "facts and figures" and "deadlines and schedules" of a project. What do such workers seek in their managers? To ensure involvement of such workers, I think managers need to develop some intrinsic skills as well. They love what they do.

Knowledge Worker 137

Knowledge Worker Write Blog Collaboration Diversity Training 137

ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

How often have you heard a manager say: “Don't come to me with a problem ( most managers hate to use the word problem thinking that existence of a problem is a slur on their management skills instead of embracing each problem as an opportunity to probe and explore and make better ); come with the solution as well.”

Conversation 123

Conversation SAP Innovation Collaboration 123

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

The key people involved—the trainers, the business clients, managers, target learner groups—were all folks in their late forties and early fifties, and their average tenure in the organization was 15+ years. The project had a project team and a project manager, but there was no project leader. The project lacked a leader.

Project 100

Project Director Instructional Design Analysis 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

The emergent ones are those that are likely to have the greatest impact on Human Performance Improvement and Personal Knowledge Management. Tags: Mobile phone pull vs. push Distance Learning Knowledge Management technology Psychology iPod mlearning elearning informal learning. A unified performer-facing environment (jarche.com).

Mobile Learning 166

Mobile Learning Mobile iPod Wiki 166

ID Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2010

Tags: Jane Hart Jay Cross Management Instructional design Business Jon Husband Harold Jarche Clark Quinn wirearchy informal learning.

Instructional Design 137

Instructional Design Pattern Wikipedia Collaboration 137

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Where I work, the e-learning team occupies 4 large rows with instructional designers, graphic designers, programmers, technicians, project managers spread out and rubbing shoulders in happy abandon. This information disturbed me deeply, and I raised this concern with the manager and a few other members as well.

Network 128

Network Analysis Collaboration Social Networks 128

ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Knowledge Management Blended Learning Solutions collaborative learning Workplace Learning Collaboration informal learning. David Wilkins in Learning 2.0 and Workplace Communities: Embedding social media within WBT courses reintroduces these social exchanges without sacrificing the cost savings or WBT's time-of-need "replay capability."

Learning 2.0 132

Learning 2.0 Blended Learning Social Networks Gartner 132

ID Reflections

APRIL 22, 2010

Before I launch into my thoughts, here's what Sara Ford (Program Manager of CodePlex) has to say about Agile: 1. Once we accept this, we will not be restricted by traditional program management attitude of defining the scope of a training program and the building to meet the scope. Break down work into smallest possible sets.

Agile 105

Agile PKM Training Train 105

ID Reflections

APRIL 23, 2010

Tags: customer relationship management social media marketing Research social marketing communication.

Analytics 100

Analytics Market Report Social 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Tags: Knowledge Management social media Twitter.

Social Media 114

Social Media PDF Twitter Knowledge Management 114

ID Reflections

MAY 25, 2015

This is where a community manager can be indispensable. If these happen to be from the senior management, so much the better. Some help from a community manager in the case of an enterprise community is helpful. Is there fear of ridicule? What matters is the participation and the contribution.

Strategy 100

Strategy Attitudes Community Conversation 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Here's an excerpt from the book to give you a feel: Sentence Stems One way to help learners manage the 140 - character limit is to provide them with sentence stems — they need only to complete the thought. Even though we had never seen each other, we managed to create strong bonds that helped us to communicate and collaborate.

Social Media 166

Social Media Media Wiki Blogging 166