Comments on: A geek-fest, but no geeks? http://blog.global-roam.com/index.php/2009/08/a-geek-fest-but-no-geeks/ Lessons we're learning about business, life & art in our software development company Fri, 18 May 2012 18:38:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Learning from Deloitte’s transformation | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam http://blog.global-roam.com/index.php/2009/08/a-geek-fest-but-no-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-44607 Learning from Deloitte’s transformation | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:18:58 +0000 http://blog.global-roam.com/?p=410#comment-44607 [...] Oh – and I was interested to note, after calling Peter Williams (another Deloitte change agent) a bit of a dag a while back, that David was still sporting a tie and a jacket at this event – the dichotomy [...] [...] Oh – and I was interested to note, after calling Peter Williams (another Deloitte change agent) a bit of a dag a while back, that David was still sporting a tie and a jacket at this event – the dichotomy [...]

]]> By: Antonio Dottore http://blog.global-roam.com/index.php/2009/08/a-geek-fest-but-no-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Antonio Dottore Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:56:13 +0000 http://blog.global-roam.com/?p=410#comment-132 The idea that the people 'under you' know better was realised by Andy Groves at Intel and nicely reported in the following articles (the 1996 one the most readable). It is a particularly useful idea to keep in mind the more dynamic the market is ... those closest to the action get the signals first ... can take too long for them to go up the chain and be processed ... it happens in day trading as much as in technology mkts. Burgelman, R. A. (2002). "Strategy as Vector and the Inertia of Coevolutionary Lock-in." Administrative Science Quarterly 47(2): 325-357. Burgelman, R. A. and A. S. Grove (1996). "Strategic Dissonance." California Management Review 38(2): 8-28. Burgelman, R. A. and A. S. Grove (2007). "Let chaos reign, then rein in chaos - repeatedly: managing strategic dynamics for corporate longevity." Strategic Management Journal 28(10): 965-979. The idea that the people ‘under you’ know better was realised by Andy Groves at Intel and nicely reported in the following articles (the 1996 one the most readable).

It is a particularly useful idea to keep in mind the more dynamic the market is … those closest to the action get the signals first … can take too long for them to go up the chain and be processed … it happens in day trading as much as in technology mkts.

Burgelman, R. A. (2002). “Strategy as Vector and the Inertia of Coevolutionary Lock-in.” Administrative Science Quarterly 47(2): 325-357.
Burgelman, R. A. and A. S. Grove (1996). “Strategic Dissonance.” California Management Review 38(2): 8-28.
Burgelman, R. A. and A. S. Grove (2007). “Let chaos reign, then rein in chaos - repeatedly: managing strategic dynamics for corporate longevity.” Strategic Management Journal 28(10): 965-979.

]]> By: AmandaBC http://blog.global-roam.com/index.php/2009/08/a-geek-fest-but-no-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-107 AmandaBC Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:54:05 +0000 http://blog.global-roam.com/?p=410#comment-107 Hi Paul So glad you took notes on the day! I got lots out of all 3 speakers, but was too enthralled for effective note-taking. For me, the big takeaway was to open up the innovation process at all steps (Richard), finding new ways to do things including subverting the dominant paradigm (Peter) so that your knowledgeable and engaged team (Steve) can deliver fast and learn even faster. The whole session tied in with some reading I'm doing right now by D M Scott on the "New Rules of Marketing & PR" and the "World Wide Rave". DMS says social technologies are forcing change in the way businesses work: engage or perish. (Oh, and a plug for a mate: DMS is coming to Australia next month: www.socialmediamasterclass.com.au) Looking forward to the next one! Amanda BC, ACID twitter.com/auntie_abc Hi Paul

So glad you took notes on the day! I got lots out of all 3 speakers, but was too enthralled for effective note-taking.

For me, the big takeaway was to open up the innovation process at all steps (Richard), finding new ways to do things including subverting the dominant paradigm (Peter) so that your knowledgeable and engaged team (Steve) can deliver fast and learn even faster.

The whole session tied in with some reading I’m doing right now by D M Scott on the “New Rules of Marketing & PR” and the “World Wide Rave”. DMS says social technologies are forcing change in the way businesses work: engage or perish. (Oh, and a plug for a mate: DMS is coming to Australia next month: http://www.socialmediamasterclass.com.au)

Looking forward to the next one!

Amanda BC, ACID
twitter.com/auntie_abc

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