Comments for johnstepper http://johnstepper.com Making work more effective & fulfilling Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on “So she posted her solution online, and then…” by alanlepo http://johnstepper.com/2013/05/18/so-she-posted-her-solution-online-and-then/#comment-4909 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:24 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=922#comment-4909 Interestingly, I applied to speak at TEDxToronto on the pros and cons of employees choosing to (or not to) share information and how that can affect their careers and their organizations success. This year’s theme is “The choices we make”. Fingers crossed!

]]> Comment on “So she posted her solution online, and then…” by Cornelia Levy-Bencheton http://johnstepper.com/2013/05/18/so-she-posted-her-solution-online-and-then/#comment-4899 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:50 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=922#comment-4899 “What can we do about it?” Hmmm…
Last week, I attended a terrific conference largely about the benefits of the social business and the collaborative enterprise. Someone coined an expression that struck me as novel. Instead of referring to “executive sponsorship,” a term we’ve all heard again and again, he referred to “executive courage.” When it comes right down to it, that’s what it is all about, isn’t it? Courage.
So, it seems to me that if we could figure out how/ why and what motivated the executives to come forward with the courage to sponsor innovation and collaboration, perhaps we could give a jolt of that to employees as well. Because, stepping out, working out loud and contributing does require courage from employees.

]]> Comment on “So she posted her solution online, and then…” by moyramackie http://johnstepper.com/2013/05/18/so-she-posted-her-solution-online-and-then/#comment-4896 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:39:29 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=922#comment-4896 Another barrier I’ve come across is: Suspicion of motivation. Some question whether those working out loud are just self-publicists and it’s just another way of advertising what you do.
And the belief in a finite pie is very powerful still…

]]> Comment on “Working out loud”: Your personal content strategy by First Steps towards A Long Journey | Albert Marrero http://johnstepper.com/2012/05/26/working-out-loud-your-personal-content-strategy/#comment-4890 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:40:21 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=564#comment-4890 […] I am cutting back on the quantity and frequency.  As John Stepper said to me once, its better to work out loud, than in silence.  So taking those words to heart, I am going to use my blog to post my progress […]

]]> Comment on “Working out loud”: Your personal content strategy by First steps | Albert Marrero http://johnstepper.com/2012/05/26/working-out-loud-your-personal-content-strategy/#comment-4889 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:37:39 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=564#comment-4889 […] I am cutting back on the quantity and frequency.  As John Stepper said to me once, its better to work out loud, than in silence.  So taking those words to heart, I am going to use my blog to post my progress […]

]]> Comment on “So she posted her solution online, and then…” by Barry Houldsworth http://johnstepper.com/2013/05/18/so-she-posted-her-solution-online-and-then/#comment-4886 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:15:33 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=922#comment-4886 Reblogged this on Houldsworth's Random Ramblings and commented:
” Feeling like you’re fighting for your share of a finite pie will grossly inhibit your willingness to contribute and collaborate.”

]]> Comment on The best innovation program isn’t a program at all by Danny Golding http://johnstepper.com/2013/04/27/the-best-innovation-program-isnt-a-program-at-all/#comment-4884 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:20:14 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=901#comment-4884 Totally agree about top down innovation programs. Our’s effectively got closed down after all the good ideas got bogged down in one committee or another, or languished for months in the suggestion box (well actually a spreadsheet in a locked down network folder).

Social software can definitely foster innovation. At its best I have seen it used by employees to make their own innovations without the need for any input from management at all.

However fostering a culture where employees are encouraged and allowed to innovate – and sometimes get it wrong – seems to be as important as having the right social software tool. There are still too many manager who complain if their staff embark on “unauthorised” initiatives – by which they really mean they want ideas to go through the same kind of decision by committee process that killed our innovation program in the first place.

]]> Comment on “It’s just the internet at work.” by “So she posted her solution online, and then…” | johnstepper http://johnstepper.com/2012/08/25/its-just-the-internet-at-work/#comment-4872 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:44 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=662#comment-4872 […] To get started, you don’t need everyone to contribute. And you’re not trying to convince people about the value of social media or connecting. It’s just the Internet at work. […]

]]> Comment on “Working out loud”: Your personal content strategy by “So she posted her solution online, and then…” | johnstepper http://johnstepper.com/2012/05/26/working-out-loud-your-personal-content-strategy/#comment-4871 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:40 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=564#comment-4871 […] people in that community to work out loud – making their work visible and narrating their work as they do […]

]]> Comment on Leveraging a 1000-year-old idea at work by “So she posted her solution online, and then…” | johnstepper http://johnstepper.com/2013/03/09/leveraging-a-1000-year-old-idea-at-work/#comment-4870 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:37 +0000 http://johnstepper.com/?p=840#comment-4870 […] a role-based community of practice to connect those […]

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