Synthetron http://www.synthetron.com smart listening & engaging Tue, 15 May 2012 08:03:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 May 14, 2012 – Crowdsourcing: The social side of strategy http://www.synthetron.com/2012/05/14/may-14-2012-crowdsourcing-the-social-side-of-strategy/ http://www.synthetron.com/2012/05/14/may-14-2012-crowdsourcing-the-social-side-of-strategy/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:03:17 +0000 dsandra http://www.synthetron.com/?p=1414 To learn more about crowdsourcing (and how Synthetron makes a difference for its clients), read this article of McKinsey (see McKinsey Quarterly).

“… adopting social-strategy tools doesn’t automatically create alignment. Companies must create it actively, particularly among middle managers, who as the guardians of everyday operations bear the brunt of making any company’s strategy work.”

“Another important element of social-strategy leadership is honestly assessing the readiness of the organization to open up and, in light of that, determining the best way to stimulate engagement…”

 

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Read here or on Best Event Awards.

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http://youtu.be/OLTc89tukbI

 

 

 

 

]]> http://www.synthetron.com/2012/02/03/linked-in-organizational-change-practitioners-meeting-belgium/feed/ 0 Jan 16, 2012 – Extend to wider group: hybrid meeting http://www.synthetron.com/2012/01/16/synthetron-for-hybrid-meetings/ http://www.synthetron.com/2012/01/16/synthetron-for-hybrid-meetings/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:03:19 +0000 pzoetaert http://www.synthetron.com/2012/01/16/synthetron-for-hybrid-meetings/ Joanne Celens presenting G1000 case of hybrid meeting  (online + in situ interactive workshops) at Copenhagen MSI Fresh conference jan 2012 http://www.thefreshconference.com/ on design of effective meetings

G1000 presentation powerpoint  link

Joanne Celens  presentation on meetings: the G1000 streaming recording :  link: here.

 

Hybrid townhall meeting : stakeholder consultation   Download the G1000 Case in English or in Dutch.

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://www.synthetron.com/2012/01/16/synthetron-for-hybrid-meetings/feed/ 0 Jan 26, 2012 – Participate in monthly Thinking Tank – Out with the old… http://www.synthetron.com/2012/01/12/thinking-tank-jan-26-out-with-the-old/ http://www.synthetron.com/2012/01/12/thinking-tank-jan-26-out-with-the-old/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:03:48 +0000 dsandra http://www.synthetron.com/?p=878 Experience Synthetron’s discussion platform during an open debate of the Thinking Tank organisation.

Click here to join the debate.
Time & Date:  Jan 26 at 17:00 (CET)
Subject:  Rituals and their role in modern society

We are probably far enough into January already for most of us to have abandoned our New Year’s resolutions. So take this chance to pause for breath in the hurly burly of modern life and ponder, for a while, on how the passing of time feels to you.  Be local, be global, enlighten and be enlightened. Stretch your mind with people you might never otherwise meet. And if you can’t make the live event, why not twitter using #thinkingtank then we can incorporate your comments in the debate.

See The Thinking Tank website for more info and for results on last month’s debate.

 

Catherine Shovlin
Founder, The Thinking Tank
Partner, Synthetron UK 

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Download the G1000 Case in English or in Dutch.

 

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This paper gets perspective on change from the “field” by analysing in a bottomup approach over 8,000 verbatims put forward by more than 4,000 participants (from top managers to frontline personnel) in up to 90 change management sessions run by the Synthetron team in 25 different – mostly international – companies as well as some public organisations across 12 industries and over a period of 5 years.

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]]> http://www.synthetron.com/2011/12/18/makingchangework/feed/ 0 Synthetron in action at ANWB http://www.synthetron.com/2011/12/05/synthetron-in-action-at-anwb/ http://www.synthetron.com/2011/12/05/synthetron-in-action-at-anwb/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:36:54 +0000 dsandra http://107.22.249.39/2011/12/05/synthetron-in-action-at-anwb/ Synthetron in action at ANWB

]]> http://www.synthetron.com/2011/12/05/synthetron-in-action-at-anwb/feed/ 0 Dec 5, 2011 – Civil Partcipation 2.0 http://www.synthetron.com/2011/12/05/civil-partcipation-2-0/ http://www.synthetron.com/2011/12/05/civil-partcipation-2-0/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:34:38 +0000 dsandra http://107.22.249.39/2011/12/05/civil-partcipation-2-0/ How a town cuts budget by asking inhabitants for their priorities.

]]> http://www.synthetron.com/2011/12/05/civil-partcipation-2-0/feed/ 0 G1000_BAR http://www.synthetron.com/2011/11/16/g1000_bar/ http://www.synthetron.com/2011/11/16/g1000_bar/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:50:46 +0000 dsandra http://107.22.249.39/2011/11/16/g1000_bar/ Live fragment from the G1000

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