Fingerprint of Change
It is customary for the attendees of conferences to report to their respective organizations on the activities of the conferences they attended. This time I am kind of a journalist reporting to the beBee community on the conference that I participated on as a speaker and workshop facilitator. This is the conference on “Fingerprints of Change”.
The best theory is an applied theory. The conference achieved both through running two days of lectures on topics related to the activities of the workshops. This way the participants decided which workshop to attend depending on several factors such as their interests and their apprehension of the topic by the speakers. Thinking about it this is a self-organizing approach and inline with the modern theories of management. The participants dissolved themselves in the hives (workshops) of their interest. It also served as measure of the ability of lecturers to attract the bees (participants) to their hives. It is a pull mechanism and not a push one. This made the atmosphere of the conference attracting, inviting and highly engaging.
To have an idea of the topics discussed I Include the following images.
I liked the idea of “identification Card” for the speakers. All participants had the opportunity to identify with the speakers before their presentations
I liked the idea of “identification Card” for the speakers. All participants had the opportunity to identify with the speakers before their presentation
The conference is still going on. I like to bring two issues that deserve the readers’ attention.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
I made my opinion loud that KPIs are suitable for simple and to some extent to complicated organizations. For complex ones KPIs are of the mark.
A second issue I voiced my opinion about that KPIs may produce a “tunneling effect” by making organizations greatly involved in what they are doing and become blind to incoming competition, replacement of newer technologies and mostly by the creation of new technologies altogether. In the latter case an organization might be thrown offshore.
Corprorate Social Responsibility (CSR)
I expressed my view that CSR needs an “inverting of thinking” approach. Instead of looking at as a cost creative organizations may reverse the cost into benefit. This is a challenge for the creative mind.
I wish to end by thanking Reference for its great management of the event and making it a sounding success.
The effort of Reference in organizing this conference is hugely appreciated. I can’t find the words to express my gratitude to Reference and its dedicated team.
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Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #20
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #19
- again dear Deb\ud83d\udc1d Lange, Brand Ambassador @beBee- you are spot on. I am writing now a buzz on why KPIs sometimes are irrelevant and cause us to have tunnelling effect. I voiced similar thoughts to yours on the conference. Kodak focused on great KPIs and advanced rapidly, but only to get blind to the emerging opportunities and threats of the then emerging electronic camera. We have built many paradigms based on KPIs such as the balanced scorecard. That is fine, but then I need to understand that how could KPIs work with complex systems and their unpredictability as you explained wonderfully in your comment. Apparently, we lose our senses sometimes by following trends and without enough consideration of their limitations.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #18
An amazing comment with its high quality dear Deb\ud83d\udc1d Lange, Brand Ambassador @beBee. You are right as we have abandoned many of our good practices and replaced them with less functional ones. Your examples reflect your deep understanding and practicing of solid self-organizing activities. When we adopt approaches that force the tablet in our throats and expect great results then we shall be fooling ourselves. People shall be more engaged if they work on things they like and are attracted to them. You explained this perfectly well.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #17
dear Steve Brady- your comment is enough to reflect many realities. I agree with your super thinking and suggestion of turning our thinking inside out. This is the way to find new awareness of reality. Sometimes opportunity presents itself for us to become aware of reality. Accidentally only yesterday a new hashtag captured the interest of Jordanians and I shall share this example in my next buzz. I thank you for you= time to share your lovely comment
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #16
;dear Steve Brady- your c[mment is enough to reflect many realities. I agee with your super thinking and suggestion of turning our thinking inside out. This is the way to find new awareness of reality. S[metimes opportunity presents itsel for us to become aware of rea)ity. In cidentally only yesterday a new hashtag captured the interest of Jordanians and I shall share this example inmy next buzz. I thank you for you= time to share your lovely comment
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #15
My dear Cyndi wilkins- I am truly thrilled that you noticed the parallism with hives. I am so happy that you did. Yes, hives on beBee are a form of self-organizing with the possibility of pollinating each other. It is pollinating and NOT pollinating. You made my day.
Cyndi wilkins
منذ 6 سنوات #14
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #13
Thank you so much for your compliment. I say that the conference was well-prepared and the environment was very supportive. The engagement of participants was beyond expectation. Yes, and I wonder who dared to coin the term headhunter. Coining a term reflects on the person who coined it. What if he had opted for bees for our hive? You know this is a rather unspoken value of beBe- the hives are the attraction and attention of talents.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #12
I do all the participants of the conference would read your comment Joanne Gardocki. The issue of "HR is evolving from personnel function to talent management" was a prominent topic during the presentations and discussions. Yes, I am personally very glad by your observation spotlighting this hugely relevant issue.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #11
I of KPIs are truly important CityVP \ud83d\udc1d Manjit. Unfortunately the eyes of Is can be blind and lead us astray if not carefully chosen. They are Is that aren't. They are Key indicators, but are not for the locks we have on the doors.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #10
Thank you for sharing the buzz dear Sara Jacobovici. You too brought a smile in my heart. I am becoming a "mobile" journalist.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #9
Deb \ud83d\udc1d Helfrich- I always enjoy the depth of your comments. You mentioned indirectly the butterfly effect of a smile and how t could be a great motivator for employees and beyond the capability of any KPI. I am referring to your comment in my next buzz. The idea of the buzz is that we tend to divide organization as simple, complicated, complex, chaotic and unknown. Yes, the work of some organizations might be simple, but the human employees (not robots) are complex bodies). That said the question then becomes how simple is a simple organization? I find the idea of self-organizing organizations is also extensible from self-organizing teams. Your smiling comment brought a butterfly effect on my and is urging me to write on this topic.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #8
hank you so much for your supporting comment Sara Jacobovici. Yes, the organizers did a superb job. A conference need quality speaker, engaged audience and 'Sustaining" environment. The conference achieved all. Thank you for your trust in me.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #7
Thank you dear Debasish Majumder. I am so busy today as well. It is early morning and I have a litle time to respond to you and all the great commenters. I appreciate your sharing. I noticed a poem b you and hopefully soon will read.
CityVP Manjit
منذ 6 سنوات #6
CityVP Manjit
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منذ 6 سنوات #1