Hack:
Wilbur and Orville Wright experimented. Why can't we? Let's start MIX Pilot Projects everywhere...globally !
I'm still reeling from the aha moment that shot through me at 2.30am this morning.
The Bolt from the Blue: Gary Hamel is more than right, he is absolutely, utterly, unerringly bang on and no surprises there. He has elegantly and eloquently articulated the bleeding obvious. Today's organizations are attempting to use tinkering-at-the-margins incrementalism to keep industrial age organizational structures flying headlong into a new age where a new game is being played with new rules by new players. A WW2 Spitfire cannot win against the Starship Enterprise no matter how well it is flown.
I have recently being studying 'the essence of leadership'. It includes lots of theory stuff about resonant and dissonant leadership styles, transformational leadership, authentic leadership and so on. In fact, I mapped the whole leadership, management timeline thing from the 1800's. Interesting, yes. Did I learn anything? Yes, I learnt that while we are great at talking a good game, we're incredibly slow to realize we've got it wrong, horribly wrong. It is time for change. We all know about the change stuff too. It's hard. Fair enough, let's just accept that and get on with it. My idea: Commence MIX Pilot projects everywhere.
1. Getting people engaged with the idea.
2. Getting them to take action.
1. Create cool events with cool speakers to reinforce Gary's reinvent management message.
2. Invite key decision makers from influential organizations and convince them to give this a shot. There is a huge commercial return and a competitive advantage carrot on offer for those brave enough to embrace having a crack at the title.
3. Create some MIX Chief Pilots, design and develop the MIX "play book", implement it with the early adopters and get on with reinventing management.
4. Continue to build the movement.
Management gets reinvented.
This cause is something even Sir Galahad would be proud to represent. It's a no brainer.
Yes there are.
Create the events and start selling the story.
Hi Jim! Really like where you are going with this. Two ideas in particular that I'm taking out of your hack:
1) The idea of having more MIX-inspired events. This has been a key theme of the "Hack the MIX" hackathon that we are currently running (would love your ideas there too!). In particular, check out these entries:
http://www.mixhackathon.org/content/community-driven-person-events-and-m...
and
http://www.mixhackathon.org/content/four-square-and-zip-code-parties-%E2...
and this one:
http://www.mixhackathon.org/content/directory-mixers-webinars-local-mash...
2. Your idea of MIX Chief Pilots is a really good one too. Love the idea of a worldwide force of management innovation leaders, ready and able to help people to implement new management principles in organizations around the world.
Thanks for the great ideas, look forward to having you involved with these efforts and more on the MIX!
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Hi Chris
Thank you, very much for the feedback. I appreciate it.
Are there any rules about promoting a "MIX" event down here in New Zealand? Do you have a play book of what can and can't be done. We recently had the Harvard Agri-business guys here talking about strategy, emerging markets and supply chains....essentially focusing on developing an understanding of agribusiness opportunities in SE and NE Asia. At the end of the week the guys just started to touch on management innovation. There has been strong interest by people to learn more, but there is no real portal here at this time...until someone develops one. That would be me. I have my hand up.
I would like to promote the development of our collective thinking around what is required for NZ firms to be successful in the future, particularly in terms of the look and feel of organizations. Businesses here are mostly small, fragmented and lack scale. We are particularly good at producing premium agricultural products , but not so good at commercializing them, particularly offshore in emerging markets....where our future lies. New Zealand firms desperately need to innovate their management and organizational designs to compete. If they can, opportunities will open up everywhere and for once they will be able to capitalize on them.
I would love to take a particular focus on promoting the MIX Pilots concept. I did send a message to Gary Hamel, but I'm guessing he will be in very strong demand. Also, not sure if we can afford the great man...but you never know until you try.
I would like to:
1. Crank up some "MIX"events to build awareness and interest in the space here in New Zealand and,
2. Get some sponsors on-board to help promote and develop some pilots here in New Zealand to build some momentum. I want to light the fire Chris. It might even be a southern hemisphere first.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Kind regards,
Jim
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