SANTIAGO (Reuters) - As the debt crisis raged across the euro zone last year, Madrid-native Laura Tapias and her partner found themselves out of work. With nearly one in four Spaniards unemployed, (Page 2 of 2)...
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Anne Egros's curator insight,
June 15, 2013 7:13 AM
Despite the astronomical speed of technology changes, most organizations still operate within the traditional top-down authority model.
The article suggest that the future of organizations is "Holacracy" where the organizational power is distributed according to a set of explicit processes and structures designed to achieve the company’s purpose.
In a Holacracy, every role in the organization has an explicit, documented purpose and set of accountabilities, and roles exist separately from the individuals who happen to be filling them at the time.
Billy R Bennett's curator insight,
January 25, 2013 8:37 PM
Too much emphasis on the word social may distract older leaders from comprehending the real power of social business collaboration - faster, better results. Daanish Kahn offers a great set of five myths about the use of social collaboration tools that needs to be understood by any leader seeking to get results and high levels of engagement. My favorite is the first one... Myth 1 – Social Collaboration platforms are not safe and secure.
Aligning and engaging people more quickly in your organization are some of the best reasons to look seriously at adopting social collaboration tools. We've seen this in our work when such tools allowed teams to connect and overcome natural barriers to get work done. I heard someone say recently, if you are not engaging them at least don't do things to disengage them! Most work systems do just that for many workers. Allowing and learning Social Collaboration Tool use is an excelleng step in the right direction. |
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Global production and jobs are shifting
While much of the world was experiencing near recession, Chile was booming. The country's unemeployment rate has fallen to levels near full employment. One consequence has been double digit growth (near 25% annually) in immigration.
Professionals from abroad - especially Spain where the unemployment rate is 25% - are in great demand.
From the article
Companies are asking for more work permits, so they can recruit people from abroad," said Jonas Prising, president of global staffing services company ManpowerGroup .
"Countries like Australia, Canada, Singapore, Panama in some cases, they understand that they don't have enough of a labor pool. They also understad understand that if you have enough skilled labor, companies will invest in your country, you can continue to grow," he added.
However, one consequence is the lack of infrastructure - especially access to education. Chile is making investments but there are many to be made.
Keep an eye of Chile to see if they manage to invest well and deal with the strains of growth.
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