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Lead by Providing Bearing, Room, and Backup

Lead Change Blog

Theunissen and Stubbé (2011) provide an excellent strategy: leading by providing bearing, room, and backup. A pure form of self-directed teams is a paradox, in that it would allow a team to go in a direction that doesn’t really fit with the organization. Obviously the Why of the team will need to serve the Why of the organization!

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We Need Open Data To Change The World

Harvard Business Review

In 2011 the John S and James L Knight Foundation invested $500,000 to expand the Awesome Foundation's model to Detroit. When the devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010 they had a ready-made network of project managers and techies in cities all over the world. They've funded art projects, wi-fi routers, and community events.