1. The Power of Networks Noah Flower April 20th, 2010 Available online: workingwikily.net/sfbaeap.pptx
2. Monitor Institute: who we are part consulting firm, drawing on the talents of our own dedicated team and the resources of the global professional services firm, Monitor Group. part incubatorof new approaches. We work with clients and partners to test and prove new models for social impact. part think tank, analyzing and anticipating important shifts in the rapidly changing context that leaders must navigate.
4. Tonight’s agenda Conversation with Tamara Alvarado, Anasa Troutman, and Roger Kim The potential for “working wikily” Mapping your networks What makes a network healthy How to lead in a network Closing discussion with SFBAEAP What personal networks do you find most valuable, and how do they connect you to the arts versus other sectors? How have you pursued your organization's goals through building relationships with organizations, the public, or other stakeholders?
5. Tonight’s agenda Conversation with Tamara Alvarado, Anasa Troutman, and Roger Kim The potential for “working wikily” Mapping your networks What makes a network healthy How to lead in a network Closing discussion with SFBAEAP
6. What are “networks”? Just what you’d think: Any meaningful set of relationships among people.
7. So what’s new? You can do more as a person. You can do more as a group. And groups can be different.
8. What can different look like? It’s a spectrum… Working hierarchically Working wikily Centralized Firmly controlled Planned Proprietary Transactional Downward communication Decentralized Loosely controlled Emergent Open, shared Relational Two-way conversation
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10. Tonight’s agenda Conversation with Tamara Alvarado, Anasa Troutman, and Roger Kim The potential for “working wikily” Mapping your networks What makes a network healthy How to lead in a network Closing discussion with SFBAEAP
11. MAPPING YOUR NETWORKSA few definitions from the handout Periphery Cluster Link Node Core Hub
12. MAPPING YOUR NETWORKSExample: The Green and Healthy Building Network In 2005: Source: Barr Foundation “Green and Healthy Building Network Case Study” by Beth Tener, Al Neirenberg, Bruce Hoppe
13. MAPPING YOUR NETWORKSExample: The Green and Healthy Building Network In 2007: Source: Barr Foundation “Green and Healthy Building Network Case Study” by Beth Tener, Al Neirenberg, Bruce Hoppe
39. Tonight’s agenda Conversation with Tamara Alvarado, Anasa Troutman, and Roger Kim The potential for “working wikily” Mapping your networks What makes a network healthy How to lead in a network Closing discussion with SFBAEAP
40. Value Participation Form Leadership Governance Connection Capacity Learning & Adaptation Helpful Sources: M. Kearns and K. Showalter; J. Holley and V. Krebs; P. Plastrik and M. Taylor; J. W. Skillern; C. Shirky WHAT MAKES A NETWORK HEALTHYEight general factors
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42. Delivers value/ outcomes to participantsValue Participation Form Leadership Governance Connection Capacity Learning & Adaptation WHAT MAKES A NETWORK HEALTHYFactor 1: Value
57. Ability to gather and act on feedbackValue Participation Form Leadership Governance Connection Capacity Learning & Adaptation
58. WHAT MAKES A NETWORK HEALTHYHow healthy is your network? Use our diagnostic to do your own evaluation: http://www.workingwikily.net/network_diagnostic.pdf
59. Tonight’s agenda Conversation with Tamara Alvarado, Anasa Troutman, and Roger Kim The potential for “working wikily” Mapping your networks What makes a network healthy How to lead in a network Closing discussion with SFBAEAP
60. HOW TO LEAD IN A NETWORKDifferent mindset, strategy, and actions Organizational Leadership Network Leadership Mindset Competition Collaboration Strategy Grow the organization Grow the network Actions Compete for resources Protect knowledge Competitive advantage Hoard talent Share resources Open source IP Develop competitors Cultivate leadership Source: Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie R. Crutchfield,Forces for Good(2007).
61. HOW TO LEAD IN A NETWORKDifferent attitudes & attributes Organizational Leadership Network Leadership Attitudes & attributes Authority-conscious Individualistic Controlling Directive Transactional Top-down Action-oriented Alignment-conscious Collective Facilitative Patient Relational Bottom-up Process-oriented
70. Create, and protect network ‘space’Source: Adapted from Net Work by Patti Anklam (2007) and “Vertigo and the Intentional Inhabitant: Leadership in a Connected World” by Bill Traynor (2009)
71. HOW TO LEAD IN A NETWORKParticular roles to play Establishes value proposition(s) Establishes first links to participants Organizer Funder Provides initial resources for organizing the network Works to increase connections among participants May focus on growing the network by connecting to new participants Can be multiple people with formal and informal roles Weaver Facilitator / Coordinator Helps participants to undertake collective action Ensures flow of information and other resources Technology Steward Facilitates the network use of online technology to learn, coordinate, connect or share information together Sources: Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor, Net Gains (2006); Beth Kanter; Stephanie Lowell , Building the Field of Dreams (2007); White, Wenger, and Smith, Digital Habitats (2009)
72. HOW TO LEAD IN A NETWORKCommon challenges Unlearning the organizational mindset Engaging and inspiring participants without being controlling Letting go of control Determining network boundaries Dealing with information overload Making the case & measuring success Learning and leveraging new technologies
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74. What are the skills and characteristics that will help you succeed?
