Metaphors that provide the common mental frameworks for our organizations are also powerful tools. Today, more people are viewing the organization as a biological system, bringing new metaphors that can change the way we think, and act. We trust living systems to self-organize&# ; writes Jay Cross on bioteams. MORE >>

Headed for my personal trash bin:  ‘People, Process, Technology.’  The enemy:  Process.  For complex systems, for innovation efforts, for creativity – process engineering is not only the wrong approach, it is a mistake.  For the rest, technology should enable serendipity rather than predictive process. MORE >>

Even the mainstream training field is realizing that reduced layers of bureaucracy mean decision-making gets pushed down the organization chart. personal knowledge management process can help to develop critical thinking skills, where sense-making includes observing, studying, challenging (especially one’s assumptions), and evaluating. MORE >>

Disabilities that occur often without obvious physical signs, like sensory processing disorders or dyslexia, are often harder to 'prove', harder to qualify for accommodations, and often faulted as being due to laziness, poor effort or motivation, or retardation. But sensory processing difficulties contribute to much more. MORE >>

The title, Organizations Don’t tweet, People Do – A manager’s guide to the social web by Euan Semple pretty well describes this book. In spite of the title, this book is not about Twitter, but it is a manager’s guide to the social web , and would be a valuable to asset to every organization I have ever dealt with. MORE >>