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Service Design, Co-Design, Better Design (Idea #5*)
Design is a discipline from workforce professionals could hugely benefit, if only the word "design" didn't make us so uneasy. Among American public...Get Serious About Social Enterprise (Idea #4*)
Social Enterprises have a played a role at the margins of the field of workforce development for decades. Many non-profit organizations supported by...Targeted Neighborhood Strategy (Idea #3*)
The Annie Casey Foundation's Annual Kids Count Data book for 2011 is out. And in what should be no surprise for anyone and a giant disappointment...
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Service Design, Co-Design, Better Design (Idea #5*)
by Kristin Wolff on Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 15:53
Design is a discipline from workforce professionals could hugely benefit, if only the word "design" didn't make us so uneasy. Among American public policy and program stakeholders, "design" is often perceived as having to do with aesthetics alone—...
Get Serious About Social Enterprise (Idea #4*)
by Kristin Wolff on Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 09:31
Social Enterprises have a played a role at the margins of the field of workforce development for decades. Many non-profit organizations supported by public workforce development resources operate social enterprises, even if not directly supported...
Targeted Neighborhood Strategy (Idea #3*)
by Kristin Wolff on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 21:57
The Annie Casey Foundation's Annual Kids Count Data book for 2011 is out.
And in what should be no surprise for anyone and a giant disappointment for everyone, childhood poverty is up, again.
"[O]ver the last decade there has been a significant...
Collaborative Consumption (or sharing stuff so we don't all need to own it—Idea #1*)
by Kristin Wolff on Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 01:00
Collaborative consumption.
Rachel Botsman coined the phrase, but the movement away from individual ownership to sharing is big—and it's global. If you are not familiar with the idea of collaborative consumption, here are three ways to catch up fast...
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Leading our way out of the Recession: A 21st Century WPA?
by Kristin Wolff on Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 20:40
This post, authored by Kristin Wolff and Vinz Koller, was originally published at Harvard's Ash Center Social Innovation Project on September 28, 2011
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“As of 2008, the war for good jobs has trumped...
519 People Who Care About Jobs and a Needed Conversation About Leadership, Innovation, and the Future
by Kristin Wolff on Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 19:51
This post, authored by Kristin Wolff and Vinz Koller, was originally published on the Social Innovation Exchange Blog, September 26, 2011. ________________________________
An Exploration of Leadership
There was a moment this spring, mid-way...
WEadership: We Are All Leaders Now
by Kristin Wolff on Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 18:11
This post, authored by Kristin Wolff and Vinz Koller, was originally published on the Monitor Insitute's WorkingWikily blog, September 20, 2011._______________
“As of 2008, the war for good jobs has trumped all other
leadership activities […] The...
WEadership Practice #1: Adopt a Wide-Angle Point of View
by Kristin Wolff on Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 17:35
This post originally appeared on LeadChange. It is the second of a seven-part series summarizing the findings of a one-year study of workforce leadership in which we identified six practices next-generation leaders are using: a new model of...
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Knowledge management in the age of social media - O'Reilly Radar
by Kristin Wolff's Tumblr on Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 21:44
Knowledge management in the age of social media - O'Reilly Radar:
It’s game-changing time for people in the knowledge management business (hmmm, I guess that’s all of us).
MIT Media Lab: The Cognitive Limit of Organizations
by Kristin Wolff's Tumblr on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 22:29
MIT Media Lab: The Cognitive Limit of Organizations:
Why organizations may not be suited to managing information flows at scale.
:: Baton Rouge Business Report :: Show and tell
by Kristin Wolff's Tumblr on Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 15:50
:: Baton Rouge Business Report :: Show and tell:
Show and tell -> Wide Angle Point of View ;-).
Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity | Video on TED.com
by Kristin Wolff's Tumblr on Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 15:05
Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity | Video on TED.com:
Potential blog post? Great talk…
WEadership: The Workforce Leadership Weekly is out! http://t.co/ULwjjbDN ▸ Top stories today via @TEDNews @soniadima @sferik
by @wfleadership on Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 08:55
WEadership: The Workforce Leadership Weekly is out! http://t.co/ULwjjbDN ▸ Top stories today via @TEDNews @soniadima @sferik
WEadership: Pitching your start-up via @pinterest (in MD): http://t.co/fu6pqZF7 (@PortlandTen) #entrepreneurship #smallbiz
by @wfleadership on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:04
WEadership: Pitching your start-up via @pinterest (in MD): http://t.co/fu6pqZF7 (@PortlandTen) #entrepreneurship #smallbiz
WEadership: Just in case you missed the tweet ;-). http://t.co/uyBmh2cC
by @wfleadership on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:07
WEadership: Just in case you missed the tweet ;-). http://t.co/uyBmh2cC
WEadership: @FastCoExist: Maximizing the Wisdom of the Crowd: 5 Lessons: http://t.co/LpmlPogR
by @wfleadership on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:06
WEadership: @FastCoExist: Maximizing the Wisdom of the Crowd: 5 Lessons: http://t.co/LpmlPogR
Pitching your start-up via @pinterest (in MD): http://bit.ly/KsJl0Z (@PortlandTe...
by Enhancing Workforce Leadership on Facebook on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:04
Pitching your start-up via @pinterest (in MD): http://bit.ly/KsJl0Z (@PortlandTen) #entrepreneurship #smallbiz
Just in case you missed the tweet ;-).
by Enhancing Workforce Leadership on Facebook on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:07
Just in case you missed the tweet ;-).
5 Lessons For Using Open Innovation To Maximize The Wisdom Of The Crowdwww.fastcoexist.comWhether you like it or not, competition today is fierce. And it’s only going to get fiercer. Where the old battleground...
@FastCoExist: Maximizing the Wisdom of the Crowd: 5 Lessons: http://bit.ly/L318b5
by Enhancing Workforce Leadership on Facebook on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:06
@FastCoExist: Maximizing the Wisdom of the Crowd: 5 Lessons: http://bit.ly/L318b5
Surrounding yourself with others on the theory that no one is as smart as everyo...
by Enhancing Workforce Leadership on Facebook on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 10:53
Surrounding yourself with others on the theory that no one is as smart as everyone, even if you are Mark Zuckerberg? We call that WEadership, And it's due. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/technology/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-at-a-turning-...