I’ve just read with a real interest this post, about the power of people networks. Top make it short it says that people will be increasingly attracted by regions who offer a strong potential of networking and interactions because it allows them to exploit more their talents and maximise its economic reward.
The author concludes this way ;
I would submit a hypothesis: The capacity of a region for innovation can be measured by the number of formal and informal networking organizations that create “bridging” opportunities across the broadest possible spectrum of society. The richer and denser the skein of bridging networks, the more easily ideas can be communicated through a region, the more spontaneously creative ideas will erupt, and the more speedily people can convert novel notions into business opportunities.
Of course it’s about local development but I think we can transpose it to the enterprise world. That would mean that talents will be more likely to join companies who offer, internally and in the way they interact with their ecosystem, this ability to work as networks, to quickly create value through exchanges and to move quickly from ideas to effective projects.
What say you ?
Indeed another way to ask this question would be : “must people be given tools to organize themselves their interactions or is it the manager’s job to control everything”.
We have to agree that processes have been the priority for a long time, at a point that everyone kows what he has to don how to do it. We don’t know if the individual has developped a belonging feeling toward the company, one thing we’re sure of is that he can’t ignore his a part of a (or several) workflows.
You can find the "original" french version of this blog here
