Comments for Disruptive Ideas http://disruptiveideas.org The open management book about organisational transformation that can start now Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on — INTRODUCTION — by AlexC http://disruptiveideas.org/introduction-changing-the-way-we-think-about-change/#comment-11 AlexC Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:42:43 +0000 http://mathsofchange.wordpress.com/?page_id=11#comment-11 I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It's refreshing to see these concepts laid out so succintly and I'm looking forward to reading more. It is sometimes difficult to put these kinds of ideas in a manner that bridges the gap between the understandings and expectations of the 'social media generation' and more conservative business approaches. I must applaud Lee Smith for linking to this site in his blog, 'Talking Internal Communication' (http://talkingic.typepad.com/), which led me here. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It’s refreshing to see these concepts laid out so succintly and I’m looking forward to reading more.
It is sometimes difficult to put these kinds of ideas in a manner that bridges the gap between the understandings and expectations of the ’social media generation’ and more conservative business approaches.

I must applaud Lee Smith for linking to this site in his blog, ‘Talking Internal Communication’ (http://talkingic.typepad.com/), which led me here.

]]> Comment on 6. Fixed-term teams by Leandro Herrero http://disruptiveideas.org/structures/6-fixed-term-teams/#comment-4 Leandro Herrero Sat, 10 May 2008 13:25:22 +0000 http://mathsofchange.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-4 Reading the ‘design and innovation blog’ from Temple University, the author (unknown) quotes a Business week article on Google: “I also wanted to respond to the IDEO video that we watched in class on Friday. The unique office environment immediately made me think of Google’s work environment. We went to visit Google’s site in NYC this spring during career week. They gave us a tour and later on a small presentation about the company. Google’s offices, as well as the hallways and meeting rooms, are colorful and playful. They have whiteboards all around the hallways and meeting rooms for people to write anything that comes to their minds. People are dressed in casual clothes and can ride scooters down the hallway. It’s all part of the innovative and collaborative culture Google has mastered over the past few years.” Explaining the IDEO video he.she says: “In this week’s business week there is an article about Google and its innovation: “How Google fuels its idea factory”. One of the things that stood out for me was the part when it talks about the obstacles Google faces right now. Since it has about 50 locations right now, the biggest problem it is facing is the difficulty of having face-to-face contact. As we saw in the IDEO video, teams are formed for a particular project for a specific amount of time, after which the team splits, and new teams are formed. The success of the project seems to be dependent on the team work and collaboration being done in the same room. It will be interesting to see how Google can manage this issue while it continues to expand rapidly” Note the reference to “ teams are formed for a particular project for a specific amount of time, after which the team splits, and new teams are formed” . This is exactly what I said about FIXED TERM TEAMS. I wasn’t aware of the IDEO idea… Here you are! Reading the ‘design and innovation blog’ from Temple University, the author (unknown) quotes a Business week article on Google:

“I also wanted to respond to the IDEO video that we watched in class on Friday. The unique office environment immediately made me think of Google’s work environment. We went to visit Google’s site in NYC this spring during career week. They gave us a tour and later on a small presentation about the company. Google’s offices, as well as the hallways and meeting rooms, are colorful and playful. They have whiteboards all around the hallways and meeting rooms for people to write anything that comes to their minds. People are dressed in casual clothes and can ride scooters down the hallway. It’s all part of the innovative and collaborative culture Google has mastered over the past few years.”

Explaining the IDEO video he.she says:

“In this week’s business week there is an article about Google and its innovation: “How Google fuels its idea factory”. One of the things that stood out for me was the part when it talks about the obstacles Google faces right now. Since it has about 50 locations right now, the biggest problem it is facing is the difficulty of having face-to-face contact. As we saw in the IDEO video, teams are formed for a particular project for a specific amount of time, after which the team splits, and new teams are formed. The success of the project seems to be dependent on the team work and collaboration being done in the same room. It will be interesting to see how Google can manage this issue while it continues to expand rapidly”

Note the reference to “ teams are formed for a particular project for a specific amount of time, after which the team splits, and new teams are formed” . This is exactly what I said about FIXED TERM TEAMS. I wasn’t aware of the IDEO idea… Here you are!

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