Irving Wladawsky-Berger

JANUARY 2, 2010

Yes, there is one other such activity in my life - physical exercise. I started exercising regularly while living in Manhattan around 1980. I then discovered that jogging on a treadmill did not bother my knees, so I was able to continue exercising. In addition, I have included weight training in my exercise regime. So, for almost thirty years now, I have been been exercising five days a week on average. Regular exercise is a critical part of staying healthy.

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Dan Pontefract

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My thinking, learning, and writing tends to fall into the theoretical camps that propose how technology, leadership and learning can (or should) converge to improve the health, productivity and culture of an organization. Equally so, there is a laundry bag full of leaders who ruled through a ‘culture of fear’ focusing only on execution practices and not on the people.

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Dave Snowden

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Learn how to work with narrative in facilitated sessions and in large volumes with SenseMaker® Day 4 covers: Applying narrative for communicating, research/monitoring, knowledge capture, and making sense of culture through narrative archetype forms. Cynefin, Complexity, Narrative and Sense-making in 2015. As 2014 closes with a full-to-capacity series of CSM courses in London, we’re delighted to announce the first Cynefin and Sense-Making courses of 2015.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 31, 2017

This post shares a useful exercise for your digital team to reflect on what not to do for your digital strategy! Strategy as We-Care: An Exercise – guest post by Miriam Brosseau, Director of Engagement, See3 Communications. So, at one point in the course of the workshop, we did the following storytelling exercise with them to start figuring out the right things to be doing and set the program strategy – to delineate its healthy boundaries. (We

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

MARCH 15, 2012

For most of our nation’s history, whatever the inequality in wealth between the richest and poorest citizens, we maintained a cultural equality known nowhere else in the world - for whites, anyway.” There was a common civic culture, - the American way of life , - “that swept an extremely large proportion of Americans of all classes into its embrace. You might say the country has bifurcated into different social tribes, with a tenuous common culture linking them.”

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Harold Jarche

OCTOBER 18, 2011

A new culture emerges. Culture is an emergent property of people working together. A few choice quotes are thrown in, preferably from historically famous leaders, some interactive exercises, straight out of traditional management courses and you’re off. Dave also underlines the fact that over half of your probes will fail and hence the need to have a culture where failure is an option. Tweet Even five years ago it was not the norm to work at a distance.

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Nancy White

APRIL 24, 2008

Testing a network mapping exercise Published by Nancy White at 2:31 pm under knowledge sharing , networks I often use a variety of paper networking mapping exercises in my face to face workshops. In an upcoming online workshop on knowledge sharing for the CGIAR , we want to do this exercise online — and we want to keep technology low key as this is at the start of the workshop and some participants are not as techy as some of us!

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 7, 2017

Recently, I was invited to participate in a staff “Lunch and Learn,” by Connor Diemand-Yauman , CEO of Philanthropy University , about building a culture of wellbeing in the nonprofit workplace and capacity building. ” I asked Connor about how they use this particular cultural nudge and cue. While organizational culture may be driven by leadership, it is often reinforced by others on staff. How have you addressed it in your culture?

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Beth Kanter

JULY 20, 2015

When we talk about healthy nonprofit work culture, the fit nonprofit , it goes beyond having organizations create wellness policies and practices that encourage staff to eat right, exercise, take vacation time, and get enough sleep. And, healthy meetings are not just about avoiding salty and sugary snacks. It’s about creating collective organizational energy and optimizing it so we’re not wasting time and taking into account everyone’s individual productivity cycles.

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Beth Kanter

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Many times the reaction to focusing on organizational culture and wellbeing is considered “soft” or “nice” stuff that not lead to results or impact.

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 1, 2014

Yep, culture. Often it's like a specter hanging over failed projects - "the culture wasn't prepared to accept that technology." We talk about it's importance and about having the right one and about disruptive ones and innovation ones but I think we need to be a bit more basic up front. . The first thing you need to understand about organizational culture is that you already have one. This is not a "let's measure the delta between Q1 and Q2" kind of exercise.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

This ecosystem has been designed to stimulate and manipulate the human psyche, “to draw us in and persuade us to change how we shop, vote, and exercise, and even who we love.”

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Some experts warn that too much standing can also create health problems. And, if you think you can avoid the health dangers of sitting for prolonged periods because you exercise at the gym every morning, think again. According to research , regular exercise does not counter act being sedentary at work. How can these practices become part of your nonprofit’s work culture? Has your nonprofit busted the culture of sitting in the workplace?

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Many of them are also a company’s shareholders, and they are calling on leadership to take action on societal issues… Revisiting this essay is a welcome exercise, and a reminder of the importance of self-scrutiny.”.

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Even better is to have self-care so finely embedded in the nonprofit’s culture that there is not a need for a separate program, it is simply part of the way the organization works. You need to understand whether your organization’s culture is one where happy, healthy can thrive or will be ignored, or even worse ridiculed. You have probably heard the saying, “culture eats strategy for breakfast” as famed management guru, Peter Drucker is credited as saying.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

OCTOBER 10, 2020

May the Force Be With You has become part of popular culture since the words were first uttered in the 1977 Star Wars film.

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Nancy White

AUGUST 4, 2009

I figured it would be good to exercise my memory a bit and unearth some of the key stories that led me to to my social media use today, and perhaps surface some of my patterns. This is true across generations and the impacts are significant on our culture and our world.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Algorithms can only exercise their (artificial) agency as a result of a socially constructed context in which we have deliberately outsourced some task to the machine,… A more thoughtful and comprehensive approach to conceptualizing the ethical challenges posed by AI requires a proper understanding not just of how these algorithms work - their strengths and weaknesses, their capabilities and limits - but of how they fit into a larger sociotechnical framework.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

JULY 11, 2020

Ingrain the process. “In the long run you’ll reap the greatest value from scenario exercises by establishing an iterative cycle - that is, a process that continually orients your organization toward the future while keeping an eye on the present, and vice versa.”. Complex Systems Data Science and Big Data Economic Issues Education and Talent Future of Work Management and Leadership Media and Communications Political Issues Society and Culture Technology and Strategy

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Steven Berlin Johnson

FEBRUARY 12, 2006

stevenberlinjohnson.com « | Main | » From the Globe and Mail : A body of research suggests that playing video games provides benefits similar to bilingualism in exercising the mind. Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Todays Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter The title says it all. This one sparked a slightly insane international conversation about the state of pop culture -- and particularly games.

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Steven Berlin Johnson

DECEMBER 14, 2005

The exercise revealed numerous errors in both encyclopedias, butamong 42 entries tested, the difference in accuracy was not great. Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Todays Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter The title says it all. This one sparked a slightly insane international conversation about the state of pop culture -- and particularly games. Interface Culture : How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate My first.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The machines would handle routine processes, record keeping, and quantitative tasks, leaving more time for people to exercise their judgement, intuition, creativity, and interactions with each other. Artificial Intelligence Complex Systems Data Science and Big Data Economic Issues Innovation Smart Systems Society and Culture Technology and Strategy

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

AUGUST 21, 2017

The theory is out of step with ordinary usage: Shareholders are not owners of the corporation in any traditional sense of the term, nor do they have owners’ traditional incentives to exercise care in managing it. Complex Systems Economic Issues Management and Leadership Political Issues Society and Culture

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Company Strategy Issues Exercises 140

Irving Wladawsky-Berger

MAY 2, 2016

Lack of identity is an impediment for poor people to exercise their basic democratic and human rights. Government control: Without the proper accountability, governments can leverage digital technologies to exercise greater control over their citizens, rather than to empower them. Complex Systems Economic Issues Innovation Management and Leadership Political Issues Society and Culture Technology and Strategy

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

JANUARY 26, 2016

Doing so effectively requires the kind of leadership that will attract and retain the best possible talent and create a culture of innovation that encourages them to come up with creative solutions to the challenges the firm faces. But such exercises are less relevant and reliable in a fast changing, unpredictable business world. Complex Systems Economic Issues Education and Talent Innovation Management and Leadership Smart Systems Society and Culture Technology and Strategy

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Company System Exercises Industry 159

Irving Wladawsky-Berger

AUGUST 18, 2015

A central authority, be it a corporation or government agency, exercises editorial, financial, and (sometimes) political control over the content that reaches the consumer. Complex Systems Data Science and Big Data Economic Issues Innovation Management and Leadership Media and Communications Services Innovation Society and Culture Technology and Strategy

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Dan Pontefract

MARCH 11, 2014

learn how to use your mute button effectively too) When you take a break – and you should schedule in multiple breaks to your day – think about walking around again, or exercising at the gym, go for a run, bike ride, or do yoga. Culture engagement flexible work organization work styles Over at TELUS – where my day job as Chief Envisioner of TELUS Transformation Office keeps me equal parts flourishing and busy – I have the luxury of being a mobile worker.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

JANUARY 19, 2016

In a fast changing marketplace, agility is more critical than long-term forecasting exercises. Complex Systems Data Science and Big Data Digital Money and Payments Economic Issues Innovation Management and Leadership Political Issues Services Innovation Smart Systems Society and Culture Technology and StrategyDigital technologies are all around us, - increasingly ubiquitous and commoditized. But, are they a major source of competitive differentiation ?

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

MARCH 17, 2015

Behavioral measurements : “Behaviors such as exercise, diet, and medication adherence make significant contributions to several diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Realizing this next frontier of medicine requires important changes in the culture of both medical research and patient care. On February 24 I attended a workshop in MIT on the Future of Health Analytics.

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 30, 2020

Now more than ever we must create a robust workplace culture and stronger relationships to retain our humanness. Everyone gets a triple bonus – fresh air and exercise, camaraderie, and new ideas ( walking meetings are known to be valuable for improving creativity ). Facilitation Happy Healthy Nonprofit Online Meetings Organizational Culture Remote Work WalkingDance Off Energizer on Zoom.

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Dan Pontefract

JANUARY 14, 2011

We all need to take into consideration whether or not what we are posting is useful, not a glorified exercise to increase the quantity of our posts. Culture enterprise 2.0 For those of you who caught the first instalment , yes, the order has been changed this time around. As much as I believe that lurkers are in fact learning while they lurk, there is something to be said about those who need to lurk a little more. Let me explain.

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Dan Pontefract

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I ventured over to Bing and repeated the exercise. collaboration Culture teams How many you ask? It’s over one billion. When you put the word ’team’ into a Google search box, you’re presented with over one billion results. Over 600 million results this time. I’ve no idea why there is a gap of 400 million search terms between Google and Microsoft, but either way there are a lot of opinions and there is a lot of content out there related to the term ’team’.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

AUGUST 21, 2017

The theory is out of step with ordinary usage: Shareholders are not owners of the corporation in any traditional sense of the term, nor do they have owners’ traditional incentives to exercise care in managing it. Complex Systems Economic Issues Management and Leadership Political Issues Society and Culture

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Company Strategy Exercises Proposal 100

Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Here are some brief practical articles packed with tips for exercising your boundary setting muscles at work: How To Tell A Chatty Co-Worker You Don’t Want to Talk. Workplace Culture. Some nonprofit workplace culture are rigid, requiring staff to be in the office between certain hours and at their desk. Happy Healthy Nonprofit Leadership Organizational Culture ResiliencePhoto credit: PlusLexia.

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Doc Searls

AUGUST 3, 2014

Making the Web was an exercise in long-term property development then, or so it seemed. Art Broadcasting Business Culture Future history Internet Photography I’ve been intrigued b y Fotopedia since it showed up in ’09, especially since I do a shitload of travel photography. But I never posted anything there, because I was afraid it would die. And now, says here , it will. In seven days.

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Facebook Library Journal Twitter 219

Irving Wladawsky-Berger

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The machines would handle routine processes, record keeping, and quantitative tasks, leaving more time for people to exercise their judgement, intuition, creativity, and interactions with each other. Artificial Intelligence Complex Systems Data Science and Big Data Economic Issues Innovation Smart Systems Society and Culture Technology and Strategy

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

He points out that exercise is good for our health precisely because we become stronger by stressing our bones, muscles and heart, - but we have not translated this insight into other domains of physical and mental well-being. Complex Systems Economic Issues Healthcare Systems Society and Culture Various Other SubjectsComplex systems, whether natural or engineered, are composed of many parts. But it ’ s not the mere number of component that makes them complex.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

JUNE 3, 2010

Its members do not just represent the centers of official power - though they are certainly part of it - but rather the whole matrix of official and social relations within which power is exercised. Societal and cultural battles were fought in a number of critical areas, including civil rights , feminism and the sexual revolution. The country’s culture started to radically change, even though many of the changes unleashed in the sixties would play out over the next few decades.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

MAY 9, 2012

The Harvard study found that the following factors were the most predictive of whether you'd move successfully through middle age and into your 80s: avoiding cigarettes and not abusing alcohol; keeping a healthy weight; exercising regularly; good adjustment or coping skills; pursing education; and maintaining strong social relationships, including a stable partner. . Education and Talent Management and Leadership Society and Culture Technology and Strategy

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Library Study Class Exercises 140

Harold Jarche

JANUARY 1, 2021

Any idiot can impose and exercise control. Wise cultures, societies and a wise civilization will ‘manage the household’ with wisdom (oikos + sophia) and a love for all life (biophilia). Here are some of the best of my fortnightly Friday’s Finds of 2020. Happy New Year 2021!

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

JUNE 27, 2012

The actors involved, therefore, have valid rights and responsibilities to the data and may require different permissions to exercise those rights. Complex Systems Digital Money and Payments Economic Issues Innovation Management and Leadership Political Issues Society and Culture Technology and StrategyIn 2010, the World Economic Forum (WEF), launched a project on Rethinking Personal Data.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Because I’ve seen, heck I’ve participated in exercises where we collaborate for the greater good. Less intently, it may be a ‘show your work’ type of thing, where the organizational culture is supporting sharing, but it’s also an expectation.

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Collaboration PKM Diagrams Exercises 165

Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This takes an agile, learning culture. We did an exercise in small groups where we reflected on a failure and share it with others. The exercise is based on failfare. Organizational CultureOn Monday, I attended Compasspoint’s Nonprofit Day 2011. The theme was “Inspired Resilience: How we sustain People, Organizations, and Causes.”

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