tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post8446246486093713665..comments2024-03-16T02:39:39.781-07:00Comments on eLearning Technology: Learning 2.0 StrategyTony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-71306988367765796522008-10-03T01:30:00.000-07:002008-10-03T01:30:00.000-07:00Tony,Great list - I'd agree that IT (just like eve...Tony,<BR/><BR/>Great list - I'd agree that IT (just like every other part of the business) will have a mix of early adopters/innovators and a more conservative population - and thus it should not be assumed that the CIO will be supportive.<BR/><BR/>Equally, developing senior leaders sponsorship is something I'd add to your list. If someone at board level is actively blogging, or keeping up with the latest news via RSS feeds etc this will accelerate uptake more broadly.<BR/><BR/>Hence (8) develop a stakeholder map, and target the activities of early adopters towards building visible support from business leaders.john castledinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608079307602020299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-53363751153863209882008-09-30T05:31:00.000-07:002008-09-30T05:31:00.000-07:00Ken - I do subscribe to Nancy, but it's categorize...Ken - I do subscribe to Nancy, but it's categorized in my Work Literacy stuff. And, that's a great point that CoPs are a lot about culture.<BR/><BR/>Okay, so maybe this is my ignorance - I feel like there's top-down, big culture change - and there's showing a small group how to do things in new ways - small behavior/culture change.<BR/><BR/>When I've talked about adoption of technology, it's always around perceived personal value and ease of adoption - I firmly believe that. Yes, there's an implied small culture change involved, but that's not how people look at it.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-55343716705780864802008-09-30T02:02:00.000-07:002008-09-30T02:02:00.000-07:00Tēnā kōrua Virginia and Tony!I've been following t...Tēnā kōrua Virginia and Tony!<BR/><BR/>I've been following this train of conversation a while now. I wonder if CoP and the studies of those may help here. The culture is like what so much of CoP seems to centre around.<BR/><BR/>Changing the culture is certainly a radical move. If it can be done, it may change other things you don't want changed. I can't help thinking you need to look at this aspect (maybe you have Tony) - I broached it before when I spoke to you of complexity systems;-)<BR/><BR/>You may be familiar with Nancy White's blog (I could not find it on either of your blog rolls). She has a series of <A HREF="http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/09/20/cop-series-3-community-without-people/" REL="nofollow">posts on CoP</A>. You may be interested to take a look at some of her ideas. Nancy works with <A HREF="http://www.ewenger.com/" REL="nofollow">Etienne Wenger</A>, a veritable master of CoP.<BR/><BR/>Ka kite<BR/>from Middle-earthBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-80210569717090417672008-09-29T17:55:00.000-07:002008-09-29T17:55:00.000-07:00Great point Virginia. As I said - the question th...Great point Virginia. As I said - the question that I get asked is about "changing the culture" not how do you work within the culture. I do think that culture may slowly change based on adopting new forms of collaboration and leverage of networks and going outside the org for expertise. But, you are right, I mean work within the bounds of how things are defined today, but allow for tactical behavior change.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that I buy that culture is "patterns of collective behavior" - that's how it's shown - but often there's a lot of pressure to maintain those patterns which are not the behaviors themselves. Although, I guess you could say that's behavior as well. Again, this kind of rats nest and repeated failure (reengineering anyone?) is why you avoid it.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-7404243492199563752008-09-29T13:03:00.000-07:002008-09-29T13:03:00.000-07:00Okay, I just can't let the comment about "avoid th...Okay, I just can't let the comment about "avoid the culture question" pass by. The fact of the matter is the culture question is the elephant in the room. Everything about Web 2.0 is about culture if you define culture as patterns of collective behavior (See Cook and Yanow, 2001). I think I rephrase it, "avoid trying to change culture". In other words, situate learning 2.0 into the corporate culture. This can be done by looking at corporate patterns of behavior.V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.com