http://myforces.ca/pg/blog/digitalchief/read/30744/follow-up-on-the-modernization-of-ncm-pd-presentation Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:08:36 -0500 http://myforces.ca/pg/blog/digitalchief/read/30744/follow-up-on-the-modernization-of-ncm-pd-presentation <![CDATA[Follow up on the Modernization of NCM PD presentation]]>
I had the pleasure of speaking at the CFCWO Leadership Forum on the 15th of Aug. The theme for the forum was "Taking ownership of the Future: and NCM approach" My presentation was on Modernizing NCM Professional Development and at the end I asked the 100 NCMs in attendance to become agents of change and help shape the modernization initative.  My promise to them if they became involved was;

* to answer all their posts and suggestions

* to be transparent and keep them informed of the project status and how their ideas and suggestions become incorporated into the initiative

* to keep all of them up to date on the project timelines and meeting

* to challenge them to look beyond their comfort zone.

 

 

I'm looking forward to being engaged by anyone in the CF NCM Corp and learning from your ideas, comments and suggestions.

 

check the presentation out at http://www.slideshare.net/rem091/ncm-modernization-of-pd-cfcwo-leadership-forum

 

"you will inherit the Modernized NCM PD initiative, so get involved and help shape your future"

]]> digital chief http://myforces.ca/pg/blog/digitalchief/read/30743/bringing-the-social-web-to-you-one-brain-at-a-time Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:07:37 -0500 http://myforces.ca/pg/blog/digitalchief/read/30743/bringing-the-social-web-to-you-one-brain-at-a-time <![CDATA[Bringing the Social Web to You One Brain at a Time]]>
It’s not really any secret that I’m an advocate of social media within the military. While on the surface that is true, my dark secret is I really want to remove people from organizational stovepipes and connect them in a social web.  The 21stcentury will bring problems to our door step faster and with more frequency than ever before. The interconnectiveness of global cultures and opinions will require government departments and militaries to work together in a comprehensive manner to source solutions to problems affecting our world.  It is both at the personal and organizational level where the changes need to be made, adopting social technologies only enables the behavior not cultivates it.  No software guarantees that tacit knowledge from experienced and skilled employees will be willingly transferred to new ones. The use of social learning and web based technologies to share and learn is more culturally driven than tool driven. To make the shift to a culture of sharing and collaborative learning, people must be inspired to find new information, as well as share their data openly. This shift in culture must start at the top, leaders at all levels must be the early adopters, demonstrating an environment where collaboration is not only encouraged but expected and if necessary enforced. The successes and the benefits of collaboration must be made evident and avenues for old  practices removed. While the use of social technologies does not destroy the leadership model it does cause disruption of many long standing ideas and traditional touch stones.  As social technologies become successful, ideas and people will be interact in new and exciting ways, the resulting opportunities will require security policies to be rebalanced, to enable this new flow of ideas. It will be from these connection;  people, ideas and possibilities that innovative solutions spring forth and it must be the people and not technology that drive any social technology strategy. Modernization or knowledge networks need to describe how we want our people to interact and share, not what the technology will do for us. We shouldn’t talk about the “systems of systems”, when should be talking about the “connection of communities”. We need to makes our silos transparent and encourage worker curiosity do the rest, but most importantly we need to cultivate a culture that rewards sharing.

The military has the ideas, talent and energy to be the leaders in the field of social technology, we just need to plug every one into the network and let their natural talents flow.

After all “Leadership is about people  and communication and coincidentally so is Social Media”

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