Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

IT systems are evolving from static processing engines to agents of change. And even change management is changing as well. In their book, the authors use eight themes to offer guidance on how to change perspective and view the enterprise as a living organization, enabled by technology.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In the first rectangle, I sketched out one version of how our organization could be structured. After an hour, I had 12 different versions of our staff structure, each in its own little box. But I resisted structure. Our team deserved a new structure that sustained and empowered them. We shaped those buckets into jobs.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.” tools that they need to help their workers become more efficient at their jobs. 4 Change September Chat Topic: Change Failure / Change #Fails. Most organizations lack the enterprise 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

FOLKS is our network management motto and stands for the following: F ( form follows function): We want to build only the level of structure and formality that we need to do the job—no more and no less. Tags: change management working wikily. O ( open architecture is best): We try to build forms (i.e.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Our host, Rachel “Seacrest”, and the judges did a great job of moving things along and lacing the presentations with some clever silliness. The audio-visual crew did a top-notch job juggling all the video, countdown clocks, slides, props and miking, adding to the sense that this social media stuff is really big-time.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

Formally assign someone the job -- even if it's just part of their job -- of creating a strategy for how the org will change its processes, staff structure, service delivery, and budget to leverage technology in mission delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Chip Conley was the keynote speaker at last week’s Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp and one thing that he said that has been stuck in my head is: “ You can have a job, a career, or calling “ The latter, a calling, is when you can tap into an internal motivation that fuels and inspires you. It resonated.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

That said, there are structures within government that can handle risk. I can't give you an answer in my job, but I can as a dad: I love it. When you systematize these things they become formulaic. And it's in that context that the expenditures are justified with the upsides. I think we will see a lot more of it.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. What is the mack daddy of summer jobs for young people? In the house.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

From there, we can translate that into, what might that look like in a job, or a project that they might do in their community, so that they are bringing that out into the world, and serving people in whatever way is in line with their values. I decided to quit my job in the spring of 2006. Who are they as a person?

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

By bringing a consultant on early, your systems and processes will be working for you faster, and your team will be able to focus on their jobs, and what they do best. We identify gaps and help the folks in the current system expedite their tasks while minimizing resistance to change. Or their jobs simply don’t get done.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

While we used to use change management strategies to help soothe the fears of those who would reject the new database, now we need something slightly more radical: entirely new organizations. Today, we need decentralized structures to succeed. If you want people to own their jobs, you have to give them the freedom to do it.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In this article, we will explore how to manage these challenges from a technology standpoint, including publishing metrics, establishing structure, removing barriers and offering training. This has radically changed the need for more stories and content. Establish structure and accountability. The web has become social.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This post will cover key considerations after you’ve thoroughly defined the project, secured sponsorship, and documented risks: getting the right people and team structure in place, managing changes to the project, and preparing the user population for a successful go-live. Change Management and User Adoption.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

My first job was in 1992. I tell a story of the remodeling that I’ll tell you today and a change management theory that I will share with you. So there’s perception, behavior, and structure. And then structure is systems. All three of those sides of those triangles are needed to make change.

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