Organizational Structures in a Post-Managerial Society ... Sources of Information

I don't make much money, and I don't get asked to consult or advise very often (I suppose that is because of my reluctance about and lack of expertise in marketing), but I have always wanted some acceptance and recognition for remaining dogged about the concept of wirearchy.

I imagine also that the fellow travellers mentioned in this blog post from Rebecca Jones at the Dysart & Jones Info Buzz blog will probably dismiss my thinking and writing as non-academic, but I feel honoured to be mentioned in the same sentence as these other three thinkers.

Dysart & Jones are event planners and managers who specialize in conferences focusing on information technology, knowledge management and digital workplaces, and strategic planning

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When are we going to pay attention to our organizations?

Way back in 1999 the Cluetrain Manifesto started many of us thinking about the impact technologies were having on our interactions with our customers, and within our organizations. But really, there have only been a handful of people looking at how organizations will change - and how they'll work from a practical standpoint. Andrew McAfee at Harvard, Tom Davenport at Babson, David Snowden at Cognitive Edge and Jon Husband at Wirearchy are looking at how organizational structures will evolve.

Wirearchy is a term coined by Husband meaning "a dynamic two-way flow of power and authority based on information, knowledge, trust and credibility, enabled by interconnected people and technology". What a great concept -- really the transformation of hierarchies in the wired world. We spend an incredible amount of time, money and expertise integrating technologies into our work processes and organizations, and yet minimal time on how the organization's structure, culture, performance measures and rewards need to adjust to this integration.

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I would be remiss if I did not mention that there are a fair number of other really smart and aware people who are also thinking, learning and writing about how our interconnected environment is affecting the structures in which we live and work, namely: