My links of the week (weekly)

• Are You Your Employees’ Worst Enemy?

  “n almost all organizations, some leaders pave the way for their employees to do their best work, and others inadvertently make things much harder than they should be. Where do you fall on this continuum? Do you help or do you hinder? In all probability, it’s the latter. According to our research, your employees are more likely to view you as an obstacle to their effectiveness than as an enabler of it”

  tags: HR management

• Only people can let knowledge flow | Harold Jarche

  “The knowledge sharing paradox is that while sharing our knowledge is good for the organization, each individual has to see a personal benefit as well. The more the enterprise directs knowledge-sharing, the less likely it will happen. Conversely, the less structured the process, the more difficult it is for the organization to benefit. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t, or so it seems. Helen Blunden neatly sums up what can happen to those who freely share their knowledge.”

  tags: social_network knowledge

• The Psychology of Communities – 4 Factors that Create a “Sense of Community” « The Community Manager

  “My entire life, I’ve always been fascinated by the power of communities.

  More recently I’ve started to wonder about why it is that humans come together in such a unique way.

  Why do people participate in communities?”

  tags: community_management

• Designing Effective Knowledge Networks | MIT Sloan Management Review

  ““Knowledge networks” are collections of individuals and teams who come together across organizational, spatial and disciplinary boundaries to invent and share a body of knowledge. The focus of such networks is usually on developing, distributing and applying knowledge. For-profit and nonprofit organizations of all sizes are seizing on this model to learn more quickly and collaborate productively. However, for every successful network, others have lost steam due to poor participation, goal ambiguity, mixed allegiances or technology mismatches.”

  tags: knowledge_worker social_enterprise

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.