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Jan
26
2012

How many prospects does it take to buy a light bulb?

More than ever it seems, thanks to social networks and a plethora of great collaborative software solutions. Maybe the question should be “how many committees does it take to buy a light bulb?” At least the number will be smaller.

The benefits of ubiquitous conversations are undeniably clear, including shorter decision cycles. Thanks to collaborative technology, we have the ability to ask anyone, anywhere, any time, “Hey, got a minute?” Click to collaborate! How good is that? But every new solution creates new problems. When do business processes become engorged on 24/7 collaboration, and implode into a digital morass of bypassed Outlook meeting requests and defunct online communities?"

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  • “solitude is out of fashion . . . most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in.
  • And the most spectacularly creative people in many fields are often introverted, according to studies by the psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Gregory Feist
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"La lecture de la semaine, il s'agit d'un article du New York Times transmis par une aimable correspondante. Il s'intitule : "La domination de la nouvelle idéologie du groupe", et on le doit à Susan Cain, auteure d'un ouvrage sur la question intitulé Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Silence : le pouvoir des introvertis dans un monde qui n'arrête pas de parler)."

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  • La plupart d’entre nous travaillent en équipes, dans des open spaces, pour des chefs qui valorisent au-dessus de tout l’intelligence collective. Les génies solitaires sont bannis. Seul vaut le collaboratif.
  • Car les recherches montrent que les gens sont plus créatifs quand ils jouissent d’intimité et de tranquillité. Et, selon les travaux de deux psychologues, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Wikipédia) et Gregory Feist, les gens les plus spectaculairement créatifs, dans des champs très différents, sont souvent introvertis – juste assez extravertis pour échanger et avancer des idées,
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