Lessons from Social Media Meet-Up, Part II – Leaps of Faith

I had the pleasure of going to the Social Media Meet-Up this week. This is my second post covering the event.

Jim Lavoie, Chief Executive Officer, Rite–Solutions

Phil’s note: I had a bit of a problem with some of the sentiments expressed, as you’ll see below.

• Key in a knowledge economy: solving relationship puzzle
• We live in a social world, expect when we conduct business.
• In military model, hierarchy reigned supreme.
• Change from command and control; less about “do what I say” and more about “what should we do.”
• Organizations need to do more than provide a paycheck; employees need to feel a sense of purpose.
• Old management tips (read: treating people decently) is still key.
• Five new competencies: honesty, parity, “humbition”, transparency, appreciate the power of relevance
• survival, safety and security, socially suited, suitable stroked, relevant
• Younger folks want to be relevant even if they don’t know the problem.
• Is technology helping us or getting away? Technology is an enabler but too much is a…

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