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Posted in Acronym on Jan 9th, 2012
Thanks Elizabeth. I think you’ve summed it up even better than I could. You’re exactly right, that healthy conflict leads to better decisions, when it’s embraced and facilitated in the right way. Researchers call healthy conflict “cognitive conflict” and the personal, political kind “affective conflict,” and Engle gets deeper into those differences in his feature [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 9th, 2012
I believe most diversity & inclusion research indicates that expanding the pool of decision makers produces *more* conflict in the process of making the decision, but it’s productive conflict that ultimately produces better decisions. It seems like Engle’s research would indicate that the conflict is going to come regardless, but that deferring it to after [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 4th, 2012
Cowen is a smart egg. One story I think many associations are having a hard time telling themselves/accepting is that they no longer are indispensable to members (if they ever were) and they are unlike to be able to become that way, despite it being in their vision statement.
We won’t like to tell ourselves [...]
Posted in Acronym on Dec 21st, 2011
Really honored to be on this list Joe – though you should have included one of your posts as well – I know you have a few that would be on my top for 2011!
- Lowell Aplebaum
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Posted in Acronym on Dec 19th, 2011
Bravo! Everyone is talking about social commerce and social media like it’s the holy grail. But it’s not unless you can use it as a smart tool. These examples are really fabulous, because these are the kinds of activities that can generate real results. A lot of people confuse volume of activity with results, when [...]
Posted in Acronym on Dec 14th, 2011
Nice post, Joe. And you’re right, there isn’t a thing associations do these days that isn’t touched by technology, whether directly or indirectly. Those face-to-face meetings? All kinds of technology required there (e.g., wireless connectivity, possibly a mobile app, maybe skype or some other telephony). The list goes on and on.
Wes Trochlil
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Posted in Acronym on Dec 9th, 2011
Did he give a tangible example of what that conversation might look like in action for any individual association, one with the degree of specificity of his Amazon example? Or could you even offer one using ASAE?
His assertion is interesting, but it lacks much definition of “right” and “wrong”, but perhaps he explored that [...]
Posted in Acronym on Dec 8th, 2011
Mark – as always, great capture of the key points.
Thanks,
David
- David Nour
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Posted in Acronym on Nov 29th, 2011
One word: Amen.
- Maggie McGary
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Posted in Acronym on Nov 22nd, 2011
While I agree with the concepts in this post entirely, I am pretty sure there are very, very few associations whose leadership “get” even the most basic sense of social, let alone the more holistic version you describe. For the social business model you describe to even begin to happen, the person in charge of [...]
