imagine a smarter workforce: masters of collaboration series

. . . because a dumb workforce never made sense. March 5, 2013 Masters of Collaboration Series IBM and InformationWeek Simulcast from Washington DC " to Seattle, Denver and more!

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34 Gigabytes. 1,005,000 words. 147 newspapers-worth of information. Each day.

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1 in 2 business leaders say they don’t have access to information needed to do their jobs.

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Source of this stat and many more on my webiste at http://j.mp/sobiznumbers

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1 in 7 change efforts fail because personal change isn’t addressed with the people it affects.

We are all here alone, together.

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The brain forms 100 trillion connections.

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The job is to get big and strong, fast.

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Highly engaged employees are 87% less likely to leave their organizations than highly disengaged employees.

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We construct, create, discover, and succeed together, connected.

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Our world is increasingly mobile, connected, open, and constant.

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“I store my knowledge in my friends.” Karen Stephenson

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In a connected world, moments of isolation feel out of focus.

What obstacles are keeping people from doing what they were hired to do?

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Even when we feel stuck, others are there welcoming our stories.

Start slow. Yet go.

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“Tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.” Clay Shirky

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“Move from command and control to encourage and engage.” Jane Hart

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Get clear. Get informed. "Get ideating. Get going.

How do you feel about social tools? "

What are your colleagues currently doing with social tools? You customers? Your partners?

What project that you’re personally responsible for that would benefit from social tools?

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Demonstrate your interest in being at the table by listening, learning and participating actively.

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Play your heart out. The band’s with you. "A crowd is waiting. Connect.

We are better together, connected."Would you please connect?

marcia@marciaconner.com"http://marciaconner.com"http://about.me/marcia @marciamarcia" Download the playground rules http://marciaconner.com/playground-rules/