pointed me to about managing the “Facebook generation.”
“The experience of growing up online will profoundly shape the workplace expectations of “Generation F” – the Facebook Generation. At a minimum, they’ll expect the social environment of work to reflect the social context of the Web, rather than as is currently the case, a mid-20th-century Weberian bureaucracy.”
Hamel lays out the following dozen points and explains each.
1. All ideas compete on an equal footing.
2. Contribution counts for more than credentials.
3. Hierarchies are natural, not prescribed.
4. Leaders serve rather than preside.
5. Tasks are chosen, not assigned.
6. Groups are self-defining and -organizing.
7. Resources get attracted, not allocated.
8. Power comes from sharing information, not hoarding it.
9. Opinions compound and decisions are peer-reviewed.
10. Users can veto most policy decisions.
11. Intrinsic rewards matter most.
12. Hackers are heroes.
Damn right. I’m very fortune to have a daytime boss who not only subscribes to that methodology but encourages it. It makes everyone more productive and ultimately makes the company better off.
I really love all of this 2.0 stuff. The more I think about it the more substantive an idea it becomes.