6 ways to unlock innovation and employee engagement with social learning
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6 Ways to Unlock Innovation and Employee Engagement with Social Learning
Who is this guy?Jason Lauritsen
• CEO, Talent Anarchy• Former HR Executive
• Consultant, Leadership Trainer, Keynote Speaker
• Wrote a book about Social Capital
Speed and
Innovation
THEN NOW
Signals
Work has changed.
intelligenceexperience
knowledge
skillsability
What about this stuff?
Baker, Wayne. Achieving Success Through Social Capital. 2000.
resources available to an individual through their relationships
to and connections with others:
resources available to an individual through their relationships
to and connections with others:
- information- ideas- expertise
- goodwill- trust- cooperation
Baker, Wayne. Achieving Success Through Social Capital. 2000.
The new talent equation:
Posse
A couple of thingsto know about
NETWORKS
Where do our friends come from?
PROXIMITY–We don’t seek out friends, we
associate with people who occupy the same small, physical spaces we do
ACTIVITY–We are friends with those with
whom we DO things
WEAK TIES Friendly yet casual connection
JOB RESEARCH56% got job through contact
Mark Granovetter, Getting a Job, 1974
InnovationSpeed
LearningEngagement
OR
6 Strategies for Unlocking
the Power of Connection
1. Teach social skills and connection mindset.
Help people understand the importance of relationships.
Teach the skills of connection and networking.
2. Unleash the power of social technology.
Surrender control of social networking tools.
Teach people how to use social
networks to do better work.
3. Make sharing and helping easy.
Cultivate an internal social network.
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Encourage people to
“narrate” their work for the
network.
4. Encourage socializing at and through work.
No ConnectionNo Overlap
Connection MadeStill No Overlap
Significant OverlapMeaningful Relationship
Intentionally design time for connecting and networking into work.
Make connectedness and networking a component of performance.
5. Break down the wall between business and
personal.
Encourage people to share more about themselves at work.
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Create a place for sharing stories and celebrating personal accomplishments.
6. Support and organize “causes” at work.
Use meaningful activity to generate social capital.
Provide tools to make it easy for employees to
organize around common interests.
The new talent equation:
LET’S GET CONNECTED
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Jason Lauritsen402.651.4148
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