Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World
Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World
Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World
Ebook565 pages7 hours

Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

"If you want to understand why Wikipedia is changing the world, this book is a must read."
Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia

"This book is a must read for all - social activists, politicians or managers - who have an interest in understanding how our society is morphing."
Professor C.K. Prahalad, #1 Management Guru and author of Competing for the Future

Synopsis
The rise of social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo is changing the way we see ourselves, how we interact with each other, how we work and how we do business on a daily basis. Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom explores the powerful forces driving the social networking revolution, the impact of these profound changes, and the far reaching consequences of social networking.

Detailing the way social networks affects both individuals and societies as a whole, the book offers a detailed focus on the ways social networking affects the world of business and work. The generation entering the workforce today - and entering boardrooms everywhere - is fully engaged with social networking and its uses. Rather than feeling threatened and paranoid, today's business leaders need to understand this phenomenon, accept that it won't go away, and embrace its power in the world of business.

Excerpts from Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom:
"Your next CEO’s most impressive job credential might be status as an online gladiator, honing valuable leadership skills mercilessly slaying mortal enemies on World of Warcraft. Why not, the skills necessary to hack your way to the top levels of virtual games – especially a killer instinct – are excellent pre-requisites for managing complex organisations."

"Many senior managers mistakenly believe Enterprise 2.0 is a product, like the latest Microsoft office suite. They don’t realise that Enterprise 2.0 is not a cost centre, but a “state of mind” – a revolutionary new way of managing companies and conducting business.

Web 2.0 tools have no regard for “organisational boundaries, hierarchies, or job titles”. Try telling a senior executive that, henceforth, there will be no job titles, reporting lines, and organisational boundaries in the company – and watch the reaction closely."

"When someone calls a meeting, he or she is asserting authority over those who are invited to attend. Meetings are exclusive and closed. In most corporations, who gets invited to a meeting – and who does not – sends a signal about who’s ‘in the loop’. Meetings are a form of social grooming inside organisations. Meetings impose vertical authority. They establish status hierarchies. The Enterprise 2.0 model is feared in corporations because it threatens status hierarchies."

"Harnessing the dynamism of horizontal networks, Web 2.0 social media are bypassing institutional forms of social organisation and directly empowering people. This book has attempted to tell that story with illustrations, which, we hope, have offered intriguing and instructive insights into the powerful transformations we described. What has interested us most, indeed, is the transformative impact – or “e-ruptions” – of Web 2.0 social media on the three dynamics that gave this book its structure: identity, status and power."

LanguageEnglish
PublisherWiley
Release dateFeb 16, 2010
ISBN9780470687338

Related to Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom

Related ebooks

Organizational Behaviour For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom

Rating: 3.6666667 out of 5 stars
3.5/5

6 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom - Matthew Fraser

    Jdbook_preview_excerpt.html}˖Gݯ^rotM%IҕgD&QSYeg^]e۱Q+gU]U0:eh{6eՔ{5kϲA*oظ![Csk8'[W{ec5U[ɶ:}\z<'j۵lsvhGĮ\qvse_?_heCehoNnLt 8 cE%o,ܮ\-66kⰔMu<2[go| | _d \^yתm#vg/"ʀ_]6>+jgY熪YPB 1Neul_-g̭Q غ)3ΉH޷{w9$ =Hz_>~dc9Rx /UU_u%dc,+/ۺmC7޺ҋwr,oroǾ*hW>o +Am겒*9cam?_۶CE]-t7? W^dw?# KcKٯAd}ݹ^V#hm%){9=e]Cvd?ﶻ?O>{39U6ǀ^*6 ECv1 ~4{r񏹜v|_4t?}<޵og;lb8-A;0/&dT|.D٫+l{9 zy"d mUQq/WB–?5 8 8 QSݶ)uީO`Fplo˪f&oHYnɌ⣅N~}1tdވj!wٓyraa#ZN&!o1>!xv]VDNQ(r}2V]]Yve8x/ͳܒc=@5vה}ftI =Mi БfU-e3˔e\y-$c׃rKhÓ B 5nf _)CrPO䑣9f%v~]aǰ䋕MUk'QI'}r:㨴<:}P6؋ f؋RDR>zCyi癫VR[:ʉhM* BehλG>RC](e+&}7 Qo*a +!!;(cOKGWC$I|чM1,׼Lue׊*~mļj;WG5J`^Ӟ)He<#(hwkoɲe6P"mV"$]C-ʿxNţ'_< d/*a|.xi3w}WODh4]ѴByH>$ӓO~|_MFߓ2w_>8{xbu+ x36@XNd&Z}C=@VbAZ(w!x@4 | - S;hWdھneK])^x횽&:ތ' dNxN`8/r#  KkZ$KtI jvr{BӃ*0*`L_bAtZWZ810]IH"h \# IOUĞN ϭŎ|$<^q|Es5 ˅lDʊ*VK0shum'/6-}v[S~LڷT /uWy_V 1( WfN4sLDe}ΩWCZ6Um,+*y:bcl.ۈo/q$yeK{/RF(- ۶B(+DN <;qKrɵ]QD8.y~32!˩J ȱ=MXVDѩRs~b;./xTA⿶k!}:踯\4^VΊgZl^&u"03 *t %LkUOH+ЭeL>Q&ȫFaEiTtqGypG3DxqU L327X&$ӵ:;mDԝvr/#qBdh˛lv7(0+7ִv'({oi#_ y٫BL8"/9bOQ?1OTs5\W 2qdĞfWaݚSl]FLwDKы_-7l-`*NZB9Aoq)'^n0'\D0l_XMLٮQ.{X/gȺu:#OOb4WXq`tA%.Ά# e}H 8͓S2^4>D }UTp /F, 2WX>LDhlv RpY|) )Ih^vK=3R;jP enqNh"AzYyƹ51P/X=|W}1T=Z_̅+M1(,vvVi{aVu+D3+FwR\Cn/wAݖ(1e'q_ m1 ':iStMe&v~ P_G-i8Xr sc6BAYfw RMwGke[R̸C9u;1܅?oCԏxIw1"S O޴B/%$oZv៲3ppO\r:tES w--%|8ؿP+ ;GZհ\)eo Zc+H<1KFr}Kɋ^%Ъpvѷe O`'. ZQ؋, B_5&  T,܎*ISY'y ԣ`HUu"`nat5NS{U#\JqDpM$9փI~"Ou S O"2'ý0LuecYzj5ajqVB'+FSڊP\dx4 eى+|ÈyY2m'xչg3@3)jI:Hg@[N^-T6hI f(zqA!B)iaf~0FSdk!KlTvU峝2PTq{n2 '^h1\"*^ Q(q: oinD_#Whepf7g>?@5Z(FN `GyKlKrfP:x";_\Z!CTr1Dzø11}c iw:%Ԁj׉MXT]J2ZEOAN7cj;jp.+N<QZjρ ѹ |'ɢ Wm^+HLYon4фL(HsALid(}"~lm~ٰ{qעhW)lH +1 xrf] *T˹D۵wc@,lz%Ju)S0'Wcn(`0]%FV&.9 Jəs?[m$z'{3 sZŴ6!2(30I%FjH8TB6 g/!]L[r 5@dVإaJ5v$pclL q>)J'P *DOD_ s}<[@l!9 TRnYŘH/KㄣSI3;`)I&ma;ONI4L@ىLTje@JrpJn\|d誥U9'lVD3} `~Q}HhB,$ XaRW#iOAaNh͘Ȋ4ǖJV}}%ma8)8gp8/>PWJ֐0K0s>Sjs Wl(6bbU?! 4,Rlq!BActmw!p1jS]%Z C' &Z=Ybuj mQ5 оk̰&NQaiU"+3klx&5] {٭#+:Z-XA!/$VA_]1GKxRd̦Ĥj/ĈC"58H W mP?@8j {f YЯp鸳s\-GZ)=s oL˒䈗ry}#JiyA 4ti)v CX!;K50'hQ&":3|Z8@~G+0 iZ:BLFQ*o͏bV!ƶOMgW<ò3iC[:AwQd)ϵHu̪wS bt],ň[_t <`X- \]E.# Q3dEEQ+ZY,i2?٤a-LXM W5B&F0G`$KoI9pcǠ0 pmĀ122kvks'mZ7P1Dw!$(ёbC5离4"@By"sFRdl'.(n+P oq-2X*lDƌ+, 3Y[PJn^bmW}j^3#ӌ gF'i&(Є^ƺÓĕ1c$5m]2QȲ@;u;u|)c `֯cueCɦ2l-*`S}CD8Nٰ5iv0^_ WTVT D F+?BjaSNVq):v;zMX, JדT$Nk1'TIN)aj4LrjT1:j rX_$y ˒'RsI8 &XBL/&&i5&kS;BjzxFC&y>eלƁ ;uVm1jH:`4kO1 c| -41o6 ōZAܘODuתsfȀ1j,wP-‘Rg_53P]ݤw䓾ViT(YRw2'~4-r4 E1J43Vu !tP5u=ӦU04$AM[ B)R:<|ZsdЗjw"Ga}hG I,SxlNjltmګ**D'@BBfHøiM悩YkT0xЖ9OQa.I4êa\ K(!d5kIH8H({S,$M 1֛XBM؈Eu+!HVrp1t7RneV6Lmpp,_\bILS(@,Y4^B,\(]EHsg< ]$dW LZXJpRwf~ptUKܨ5aX~7O(PN4 =4=%f M#{Iu.BݍڴfbY+{*ƮBZ+m\!H.hC$4q~<׃=I @sJ;9pfF -l󄠩1 U!:!3 3j"2xjɍe674 |lu9*$6iK&p*3/1{I4$WGucg]"^!!Kɯl$²:1nc|*At/ :QLɢN~Դ5~ Fl^6P!ЁJ,l# ~7z{,o_y$}+Ite7w{3rm1T-\:^^Kj͌LҼ~a9GtuXY)ԙ}#*Q嗶ƈLn$OgΗXos ӫksf%fSD* ; j]G_2Wr2#~^ (#@9ajI͈Ӵ-7Dnbi7g7X3Q"j|l\,x\*nDwf$ԥ8gNsD-F>I"EOK(zuǤ˝c= $>N IL 9lI^bE水ńC36 tY^CZCѫݴSncx{ R_QopTDEYxDm0(/XG"c`YƋ<-pbQ=9nOrcާC^`U28 eerb1R3WGCingYQ Mv;|5!i7"6L4'F-^;@ '!*Ѥm-s<ȏŤ.dy  "BNYU}冺 [n.;u2-:0EHvcn!ȊjFClgȁfA*4=fkW7::jԡxDN>@Fr0',b ڙylDh*@R0QE$Ax9:piԙUKX2YQZ KgguLr='xjJ# A,nKC!f 5uTD,h_U){RI?c Bpqҷb̟AezEfN>0•D2Bx~>LsNJr=9D i0$TQ@/khKtRKmQHEPq\M02&i&,C-:zxXu>L4rj"Li2nGh-xU+!)PbZN 5yϽ<_f=&V ߚƩX0O3\U^N#va|e zYZ++@R6u[e3WM$ ԄA괾Yъm-BVP{?.-LYp-B7O2Y ;qu?R0x$ΩZst<n #~\h#1ɪߒ,ߜ"đA5M?'4,a`#]®de @ ųYҡB mgI f^O!}zيކsd*`ݵȺ{y8t c<)C۩\{ao ~P.TA 3"z*,G"Uh:Usj(̽m [!@X'0C%RT94d5@wִ`T~h\mF9)fhU`8P|@*f)Lk~W^@N+n;p;^_>/314!F75_+]CLqEU)F_ǥ[ܛ0Faզ\]ڲ T`m# c7OS9s>i#ĸ>pIN]OJV<3fx5jr_n ; 8 ђM#P|JE0 '|4@!DxPQ{l.ݥoAM]I!QZ% eNd?1`v;[óQbYLbMrUc߰@/d[$o;.bͨ'>FWdȡo@:E)ϲHVƢXZ{65] *ACB3ח.."* >Zp9kL5oqU ױq.‰mU0MLQ6|?MkGO+!B,}-{%9EE,AѢKMFb=RQ_*j7#XĞI5ƘpFlL+;/D#? {Xv%%/BedWONNdL~}vz0'\QߏN\ c4A HagTH`JD[ oGB8MߎI&&^ .;&toI\'G3A2,UQDTou9U 2#VPڳݔe( ˕_A$C=S{S=F7ߴa0ubރgn54XG9a(D^s4UV -|B+3iwٝM8PU׊t}>7|'?~~f-ZO~#OwDދrwFw^go珗0/e_nZ2X??XHk-:3Y̖跍cAC"lJc?kj9cxQϘIelʳq^<{_-=gs| |,&V{ d;P^|rlFvэhgȴ->aiι]WEȒW+skUfVZSKyܚD@]v3x"h&_`R/5-ZݝDc]DiJ{rm&rdhE-`$\c'2䇌=,ri ]`Tt%,' :0C:ksm@;9 ~ovSW sz{4Q6o,ٽ*6ړ5e8WY7Vb`LO*sDְ[)n"*BU6nb0.5hж <{?;"ɄGGADᙒ;z Q]"ӭ[| /%tvykǧ CXUM֌nmntH0p%=ƾ6ILNSn![K MUZ$\l6Fr#&&bl&@ HL]!;%$wyh2'b\Fԑv9'Nz5dEeYU h ^|s0q>&Btڷ>~a2'Suq(e4T, >8 Rh")vbҞqvD'X~ԾO"+VgjyPi]Gǘ4Օ^1gǔMީ=-fI홍ѴM"$Gp@aW6m1d&٨ IӞıQd﷐di%=OezK=ȅ ($nZN FpZhu4e-{Ws,Rq#9Y艓vYSʾ`SOT!=#?KFXl:I޾D2C bԔ[3(Dbyۑ{8`)Z6js.ފtI ~.BeC2q=5!q'-hQQjg-\[BwL7]-&/ ]M W`G?wWM2W-\Bk6>y^?vlpyF(7,^UAVzvcLz.q7-'ˊoEBQc4DȤ_g !p13ڄrv (ѥ<7&[]JdNl{K4$O-8ݭLGIl2ޙ!μV^5%d=&Rj]Hpk^o:@+0d;@+IjiLH? -[CK.jІMT7^7t؉/ƽ{v;ɴ_P=^ZXB&uIQ>lRX` s$p^񇳓G1yX'y|hD3?wYS^cF!t]YΒ}T ; jhl=aC ۢp)dMOm]iYX_^Ã),X, dE ] ?^*2JLC8{’o @уMhF{r4x1/3ѯwWE=rmabpk:GϘgw=.t>"X2uOٷ>HZKSW? lKm$PfEޱ½WL+t\0<n+T8˳eMpAq{{+(\qTaSխM'(Kګ-'ػL.é ۭh-ɅbIB'-ҩ/گc.b mE/ʼn 4 v]W˪c}&i_dbA$;Q) {<t"<ώuKi$&!uOp~26S^hLr sL/,RBQHx%kďe+#z8wj!>M1,tS/*7x(KRsmݸr3I&; ~nmqcFKuvt5PVe`ESXɥrgƧjn/n0zeLlgx|jl:Ivu||KqrB؍I?dޭc *6fh5-H^1▰ b#4|l*:s5uУe"z k@mt8#\kvLyz>킯MOL@Ф8IBQ\7_K553r.c.#Zc6[Èx;{B_kfy6U6vM.aVi$=愵/DM2:/x" [e6vh^ٺUpVv;;n9,Ȁ~T5׃C{+&xډi4\19Y=V+SCX+W:휚K]9[Hd}!ZgC͸nME@hZ cow?ʴ~'Kkvu##&UkGDbkwY]V0v&dK>W ,W. 4|#}1#bKxk]! $''{%₈ bs!HE˵.a{ oqWw36Z@Xfv nၓ,vFTVǖU^pUdhˁ٦ $CY]pFo ٟ_\k߿+le1,r-f:ӊꔯmPneԣdWc a0e8OpTdQ8RE)k_m>(BS'³=X~m"U@hMg1k؍Mc WSxzGEc xMGەqj{P0e d6lƯvW3 d)' [az [5SN<ĭC 'g9ɾۊjI-ʣAOqS孊~r.+E:3Z9|/7cB@<!oZ`iz[:Q&P{ AxҰu9TS~<3'ii_<=/H&ءK |o4~D~2ol.UȔ `-^k=<08t]I+ө?f t+޲*V1R
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1