Leadership 2.0
Why local authorities need to be learning organisations
Dave Briggs
Community Evangelist
Learning Pool?
From the benefits officeto Downing Street
in 5 years
(and a blog)
There’s a revolution going on
With a frightening pace of change
It’s not hard to see that this affects all
levels of government
Focus has been on comms and PR
But it’s really not all about Twitter!
How can an organisation talk to people on the outside, when people inside aren’t talking to
each other?
BlogsSocial networks
Collaborative authoringPodcasting
Status updateselearning
The interesting thing about social software is not the software.
It’s the implications of using it.
OpenessTransparencyCollaborationCooperation
(This also means you don’t need to know much about technology to
be able to use it effectively)
Managing:
ChangeKnowledge
TalentRiskIdeas
In other words, becoming a learning organisation
Now is the time for change
Drivers: efficiency & improvementEnablers: innovation & collaboration
Domains: culture & technology
All this has to embedded in
ProcessStructureSystemsStrategy
All these things need leadership
All these things change leadership
What matters now?
Co-creationPassionLearning
OpennessListening
Generosity
Councillors can:
Close the gap between themselves and council
officers
Question how innovation is managed in the council
Ask how silos are being broken down
Ask how knowledge is being managed
Start doing all this yourselves
Thanks for listening
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