Org-wout-orgs and future of OD

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Organizing without organizations– and the future of Organization

Development

Organizing without organizations– and the future of Organization

Development

John D. Smith

with Susan Goldstein

Oregon ODN Chapter – Jun 11, 2008

If today people can do things with social technologies that challenge the viability of organizations in surprising ways – without organizations – what role will there be for organization development?


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walmart distribution center www.flickr.com/photos/40954787@N00/1787856


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Computing 1.0Computing 1.0 Automating accounting leads to larger organizations Large organizations need more OD Life is good (we are (partially) shielded from computers)


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'747 x 2' www.flickr.com/photos/66578088@N00/1244037939


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'Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition (1911)' www.flickr.com/photos/12037949632@N01/461099066


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Wikipedia’s effect on the encyclopedia businessWikipedia’s effect on the encyclopedia business

http://en.wikipedia.org


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Let’s go to the movies!Let’s go to the movies!

The life around one page on wikipedia: http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/umlaut.html

The larger picture (the machine in us):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE


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Small group discussionSmall group discussion

How might social technologies threaten or benefit the organization

you work with?


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'red' www.flickr.com/photos/30008272@N00/2402217211


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Twitter in the hands of democracy activistsTwitter in the hands of democracy activistsAlaa Abd El Fattah and his wife Manal are democracy

activists living in Cairo. Twitter keeps their network informed:

Going to doky prosecutor judge murad accused me and manal of libel 10:11 AM April 04

Waiting for prosecutors decision might actually spend the night in custody 01:57 PM April 04

We are going to dokky police station 03:31 PM April 04 In police station no senior officers present so we are in

limbo 04:29 PM April 04 We will not be released from giza security will have to

go back to dokki station 07:59 PM April 04 On our way back to police station 10:25 PM April 04 We are free 11:22 PM April 04


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How to tweetHow to tweet

Post and read in real time Microblogging: 160

characters per post Post by phone, web,

blackberry, and other “client software”

You choose who to follow


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Small group discussionSmall group discussion

What opportunities might social technologies open

up for you or yours?

OD practitioners are cautious about technology adoption.


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What should guide our responses?What should guide our responses?

Social technologies will pervade organizations The issues faced by organizations will change How organizations are formed will change How we participate in the life of organizations will

change We can not influence systems without

participating We should stay in touch with each other


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