Full Circle Associates

Stuart tips his hat to Eugene Eric Kim's post on Metaphor Usage for Wiki Wins Praise. Stuart writes:

"I believe there is not enough thinking going into how we shape the leaders and managers of tomorrow. They will learn to use these tools however the discovery and integration of them into learning programs must be focused on managerial and leadership skills and performance. They use them as part of the program. It happens without thinking and as part of enhancing their skills and how they will project themselves and manage their boss, peers and team. So go use the book metaphor and include a moblog learning journey around the organization. Do audioblog interviews of each other. Add in some leadership development or TMI programs. Discuss what it takes to be a principled blog leader etc. Consider management and leadership style. Then let them decide on what the benefits are who should do what and put a program into motion. I'd keep a group like this to 8-12 people and focus on accelerating the leadership of creativity and innovation.."

First, go look at Eric's post to see some concrete and usable facilitation and group interaction design ideas at work.

Second, the call to think about how integration of tools should be a leadership issue is worth attention and conversation. Today's managers and leaders are often called to facilitate work of diverse and often dispersed individuals. They need all the tools/techniques they can get to make it work. Where is this in biz school curriculums??