Ten years ago, Steve Denning and Seth Kahan set out to evangelize the creation of people-centered organizations—organizations that are good for the people doing the work, good for the people for whom the work is done as well as being good for the organization itself.
 
Their new books, The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management (Jossey-Bass, 2010) and Getting Change Right (Jossey-Bass, 2010) show that an epochal shift is under way from 20^th Century organizations practicing traditional management focused on things—where the firm’s goal is the production of outputs, customers are seen as “demand” that has to be manufactured, and employees are seen “human resources” to be manipulated —to 21^st Century organizations that are practicing a radically different management that is truly people-centered
 
In radical management, organizations have the goal of enhancing customer outcomes and generating customer delight rather than merely producing outputs. They develop relationships with customers rather than merely completing transactions. They inspire those doing the work to contribute their full talents and creativity/. They instill the values that will grow the organization rather than a single-minded pursuit of short-term economic value. They communicate through conversations and stories rather than command. The combined set of principles and practices constitute radical management.
 
The transition to radical management reflects the growing recognition in the training and eLearning community and elsewhere that radical changes are needed both in the way we run organizations and in the way we train people to manage and work in them.
 
In this webinar, Steve Denning and Seth Kahan will give an overview of the principles and practices that revolutionize the workplace and establish a radical management mindset.
 
In the webinar, you will learn:

• Why organizations are managed the way they are today
• What is involved in making the shift from traditional management to radical management, including:
  • The shift in goal from outputs to outcomes and customer delight.
  • The shift in management role from controller to enabler
  • The shift from coordinating work through bureaucratic processes to dynamic linking.
  • The shift from a focus on economic value to the values that will sustain the organization.
  • The shift in communication from command to conversation and stories.
  • The shift in implementing change from top-down to co-creation.
• How to instill a new mental model of management so that organizations create continuous innovation, deep job satisfaction and customer delight.

 
Who should participate in the webinar or the workshop:  It’s for anyone who is ready to radically reinvent the world of work, whether you are a senior manager, thinker, activist, insurgent, speaker, leader, consultant, instructional designers, developers, writer, trainer, subject-matter expert, or student. It is relevant whether you are in the private sector, the public sector, the health sector, the education sector or in an association.