The Organizational Sweet Spot Engaging the Innovative Dynamics of Yo
Employee disengagement is one of the most pressing problems plaguing managers today hampering the innovation capacities of countless organizations. According to recent polls, some 20 percent of workers report feeling disconnected from their jobs, in an en
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The Organizational Sweet Spot
Engaging the Innovative Dynamics of Your Social Networks
The Organizational Sweet Spot
Charles Ehin
The Organizational Sweet Spot Engaging the Innovative Dynamics of Your Social Networks
Charles Ehin Westminster College Salt Lake City, UT USA
ISBN 978-0-387-98193-2 e-ISBN 978-0-387-98194-9 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-98194-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927721 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Franz Böge and Hank Rumana, the mentors I will never forget!
Acknowledgments
When sitting down to write a paper or a book, I invariably ask myself, “Why do you want to take the time and effort to put this piece together?” It’s not only the time and effort that must be devoted to such a task, but it’s also the mental and physical agony that one must endure sitting for hours at a time with a laptop, not just writing but debating with yourself, wanting to make sure that you are heading down the right path. Of course, that debate seldom ends with a firm affirmation of the questions posed. There is usually, however, something internal that compels me to press on. I also keep going because of the encouragements I receive from my extended family, friends, and colleagues. Some of these people are part of memories of relationships long past, including acquaintances no longer among the living. The bottom line is that no matter who you are and what you do, life is founded on relationships past, present, and those still beyond the horizon. This book is based on a compilation of ideas and mental models whose bits and pieces have whirled around in my mind for decades, going back to the days immediately after the end of World War II when I was completing my elementary school education in Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany. That is why this work, as well as the others I have written, is not purely about management or business. It is more about life itself. As a result, I begin my acknowledgements with several names from the past. Franz Böge and Hank Rumana immediately come to mind first. Herr Böge was my most memorable elementary school teacher in Hamburg-Bergedorf, although I had begun my primary education in my native country, Est
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