Comments on: Burstworking discussion storm http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/ strategies, tools and processes to empower knowledge workers Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Stephen Collins http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1941 Stephen Collins Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:13:38 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1941 @James - my intent is not at all to be patronising of Anne. Indeed, she and I have been emailing privately about my initial post and she doesn't seem bothered. My use of "intellectual" and "whole new level" are used in a pure sense. Matthew's response, which I didn't entirely agree with (I love what Anne has written), has moved the conversation <em>literally into the academic space</em> by opening with Drucker's definition of a knowledge economy and in that framework, discussing the need for appropriate management response to knowledge worker needs. This, BTW is right up his alley; he's an organisational psychologist who works for a major Australian management consultancy giving (at times) just this sort of high-level advice. Anne's post, on the other hand, is <em>a real-world, practical look</em> at the nature of burst work and how it differs from burst work in actual manifestation. No theoretical, academic discussion here, just real, practical advice. @James - my intent is not at all to be patronising of Anne. Indeed, she and I have been emailing privately about my initial post and she doesn’t seem bothered.
My use of “intellectual” and “whole new level” are used in a pure sense. Matthew’s response, which I didn’t entirely agree with (I love what Anne has written), has moved the conversation literally into the academic space by opening with Drucker’s definition of a knowledge economy and in that framework, discussing the need for appropriate management response to knowledge worker needs. This, BTW is right up his alley; he’s an organisational psychologist who works for a major Australian management consultancy giving (at times) just this sort of high-level advice.
Anne’s post, on the other hand, is a real-world, practical look at the nature of burst work and how it differs from burst work in actual manifestation. No theoretical, academic discussion here, just real, practical advice.

]]> By: James Governor http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1944 James Governor Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:38:14 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1944 the phrase "significantly more intellectual" could easily be taken as being patronising. taking the conversation to "a whole new level". wtf? Anne has started a great conversation, with lots of threads and her framework works rather well so far imho. the phrase “significantly more intellectual” could easily be taken as being patronising. taking the conversation to “a whole new level”. wtf? Anne has started a great conversation, with lots of threads and her framework works rather well so far imho.

]]> By: Euan Semple on social computing at acidlabs http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1943 Euan Semple on social computing at acidlabs Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:14:41 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1943 [...] to my recent posts on burst working as well as my past Enterprise 2.0 posts, UK-based social computing and Enterprise [...] […] to my recent posts on burst working as well as my past Enterprise 2.0 posts, UK-based social computing and Enterprise […]

]]> By: What does Web 2.0 owe Peter Drucker? at Facibus Reviews http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1940 What does Web 2.0 owe Peter Drucker? at Facibus Reviews Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:38:05 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1940 [...] Steve Collins is not sure who Peter Drucker was. [...] […] Steve Collins is not sure who Peter Drucker was. […]

]]> By: KM 2.0? « Matt’s Musings http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1939 KM 2.0? « Matt’s Musings Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:19:25 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1939 [...] some research to support my argument in a comment I made on a recent blog post by Stephen, “Burstworking storm discussion“, when I stumbled across an article by Allen Bonde on The (New) Age of Knowledge Management. [...] […] some research to support my argument in a comment I made on a recent blog post by Stephen, “Burstworking storm discussion“, when I stumbled across an article by Allen Bonde on The (New) Age of Knowledge Management. […]

]]> By: Magia3e http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1942 Magia3e Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:51:33 +0000 http://dev.acidlabs.org/2007/04/22/burstworking-discussion-storm/#comment-1942 What can I say, Drucker is cool :) I'd like to see a greater awareness by managers, particularly in government, that the old-economy way of dealing with staff, hierarchies, fixed working hours, and a specific rate of flow of paper, just won't get anyone ahead in this emerging 21st century information age. We all need to be more flexible in the way we work and that means more flexible everything, including technology support. We need ways of working flexibly and sharing knowledge flexibly. Do the so called web-workers though need more support than others? Are web-workers more enlightened than others? Are they all burst rather than busy? Probably not. I would even go so far as to say that the notion of a web-worker is more a product of the in-group vs. the out-group, in the same way that "I'm more cool than you" or "I'm more creative than you" or even the "I'm Mac and you're Windows". Rather than fight the busy v. burst war let's just all work toward helping old-school managers realise that their way just won't work in this New Age (just as Stephen rightly points out here). .. and of course I'm sometimes wrong! M What can I say, Drucker is cool :)
I’d like to see a greater awareness by managers, particularly in government, that the old-economy way of dealing with staff, hierarchies, fixed working hours, and a specific rate of flow of paper, just won’t get anyone ahead in this emerging 21st century information age.

We all need to be more flexible in the way we work and that means more flexible everything, including technology support. We need ways of working flexibly and sharing knowledge flexibly.

Do the so called web-workers though need more support than others? Are web-workers more enlightened than others? Are they all burst rather than busy? Probably not. I would even go so far as to say that the notion of a web-worker is more a product of the in-group vs. the out-group, in the same way that “I’m more cool than you” or “I’m more creative than you” or even the “I’m Mac and you’re Windows”.

Rather than fight the busy v. burst war let’s just all work toward helping old-school managers realise that their way just won’t work in this New Age (just as Stephen rightly points out here).

.. and of course I’m sometimes wrong! M

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