Comments on: New roles for the networked workplace http://www.jarche.com/2009/03/new-roles-for-the-networked-workplace/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold Jarche » Work is learning, learning work http://www.jarche.com/2009/03/new-roles-for-the-networked-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-187579 Harold Jarche » Work is learning, learning work Fri, 01 May 2009 11:53:48 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2323#comment-187579 [...] Networks - Our workplaces, economics and society are becoming highly networked. That means the transmission of ideas can be instantaneous. There is no time to pause, go into the back room and develop something to address our challenges. The problem will have changed by then. [...] [...] Networks – Our workplaces, economics and society are becoming highly networked. That means the transmission of ideas can be instantaneous. There is no time to pause, go into the back room and develop something to address our challenges. The problem will have changed by then. [...]

]]> By: Karyn Romeis http://www.jarche.com/2009/03/new-roles-for-the-networked-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-187124 Karyn Romeis Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:57:04 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2323#comment-187124 Part of this has surely got to be about really caring about the people who work for the organisation. Not in the manner of some benevolent dictator who perceives that he derives his wealth from the minions, so gives them just enough to shut them up. There are too many organisations who pay lip service to their people. "Our people are our most valuable asset!" they say. But when the downturn comes, numbers get cut and development programmes are put on hold. As long as they see their people as any kind of asset at all, this will be the approach. People are not the company's asset. They are the company. We're all in this together. Let us explore together how best to tackle the bumps in the road ahead. Part of this has surely got to be about really caring about the people who work for the organisation. Not in the manner of some benevolent dictator who perceives that he derives his wealth from the minions, so gives them just enough to shut them up.

There are too many organisations who pay lip service to their people. “Our people are our most valuable asset!” they say. But when the downturn comes, numbers get cut and development programmes are put on hold. As long as they see their people as any kind of asset at all, this will be the approach.

People are not the company’s asset. They are the company. We’re all in this together. Let us explore together how best to tackle the bumps in the road ahead.

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