IT Equals IC: Networks in the Organization
In my past couple posts, I have been talking about mapping networks as the new organization chart. The concept of networks in the organization is not new. Human beings have always found ways to connect with each other through tribes, associations, work groups and many other types of networks. What is new is the speed [...]
The Knowledge-Era Plant Tour
When we were bankers, one of the required parts of our jobs was a “plant tour.” Managers would walk a banker (or sometimes a gaggle of us) from the raw materials warehouse along the production lines to the finished goods stocking and shipping departments. Of course, bankers are not manufacturing experts. We couldn’t really critique [...]
