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Conversations Build Markets
       & Capability

             An ode to 10 years of
             „Cluetrain Manifesto‟



Michael Krigsman
let me take 6 minutes 40
 seconds to tell you a story …
         CLUETRAIN MANIFESTO

     “the clue train stopped there four
                 times a day.

         they never took delivery.”

about Conversations, Markets and Capability
the cast
      Chris                Web architect for Sun Microsystems
      aka RageBoy
                           FT „top 50 business thinkers in the world‟



              Doc          Editor, Linux journal
                           PR guru, thinker


               David       Philosophy professor, comedy writer,
                           technical journalist, marketing guru


                    Rick   Entrepreneur, marketing executive,
                           choclateier extraordinaire
www.cluetrain.com   1999


                     2000

                            “Markets are conversations.
                                  Talk is cheap.
                                 Silence is fatal”
                                   2010
“each new
                                   communications
                                  medium is always
                                perceived – mistakenly
                                    – in terms of its
                                     predecessor”
                                  (Marshall McLuhan. Canadian
                                     educator and philosopher)



equally, „new learning‟ is far too often perceived – mistakenly
   – in terms of terms of it‟s predecessor, „old learning‟‟


                                                                 5
“Your organization is becoming hyperlinked. Whether you like it or
              not. It's bottom-up; it's unstoppable.”
                                                      David Weinberger, Cluetrain




                                  Jon Husband, Internet Time Alliance
the rise of social learning in the enterprise


                             Manifesto Thesis 7
see the woods for the trees




experience
practice
conversation
reflection
               “Learning is the ability to acquire new ideas
             from experience and retain them as memories”
today‟s productivity is in the ACTIONS of
people, not the information in their heads




                                             9
“Most of what we call management consists of making it
difficult for people to get their work done”
                                                    Peter Drucker




 most of what we call learning consists of trying to memorise the
             unmemorable and the unmemorisable
“In 2009 more data was generated by
individuals than in the entire history of
        mankind through 2008”
                        Harvard Business Review
                      The Social Data Revolutions
content is just a starting point …




but conversation is the important trigger in
our content-rich, interaction-poor learning
                   world
Technology has always fostered
connections, conversations and learning
           between people.



                           Quill
                           Pen
                           Telephone
                           Telegraph
                           TV
                           Computer
                           Internet
                           Mobile devices
                           …….
Manifesto Thesis 17: “Companies that assume online
markets are the same markets that used to watch their
ads on TV are kidding themselves”




 “Organisations that assume the online generation
 want the same „stuff‟ that‟s delivered in classrooms
 are also kidding themselves”
An engaged workforce
General Motors mistook Hondas and VWs for a passing fad.


 today most corporations are misreading the invasion from
                       webspace…


              their brand will save them, right?
      their advertising budget will save them, uh-huh
               more bandwidth will save them.
                something will save them ….

    The clock is ticking in Internet time….
Manifesto Thesis 39: “The community of discourse is
the market”




    “building and supporting communities of
discourse are prime roles of any L&D Department”
We‟re seeing fundamental changes in
             the marketplace, the AGORA …

             ..from the world of Plato with his
             Academy (“push”)

             ..to the world of Socrates with his
             dialogue and conversations (“pull”)



  This is no more evident than in our
approach to learning and development
“The Internet is shifting power from
              merchants to customers ..

              .. you can hear the timbers creaking.”
                               cluetrain manifesto



education and training is shifting power from teachers
 to learners, from command and control to individual
                        choice.
Manifesto Thesis 79:
“We want you to drop your trip, come out of your
neurotic self-involvement, join the party”




“We want L&D to get off it‟s „high-horse‟ of instructional
design and pedagogy, focus on helping people do their
jobs well, and become part of the business”
in an ever-changing world, continuous
learning is the only sustainable advantage


                                          Jay Cross and Friends
                      „Working Smarter: informal learning in the cloud”
                                                        February 2010
                                         www.internettimealliance.com


                                                                     20
in a web-enabled world people, like documents,
              get hyperlinked …


.. and the web isn‟t predicated on individuals, it‟s
     about the connections, about groups….

                        no symmetry
                            no plan
          It‟s messy – unlike a nice clean hierarchy
          more can be added, some can disappear

   paths emerge because that‟s where feet are walking ….
Charles Jennings                      Strategic Consultancy
    Duntroon Associates                    Support & Mentoring for Transformation
                                            & Change Programmes
    email: charles@duntroon.com            Learning & Performance Audits
      Web: www.duntroon.com
      Twitter: charlesjennings             Workplace Learning Reviews
     LinkedIn: charlesjennings             Informal & Social Learning Consultancy
      Skype: charlesjennings
       Flickr: charlesjennings             Workshops & Webinars
                                           Team Mentoring & Coaching
 Blog: charles-jennings.blogspot.com
    (or from www.duntroon.com)             Strategic Learning and Performance
                                            Consultancy and Workshops

       Internet Time Alliance
    www.internettimealliance.com
Blog: http://internettime.posterous.com


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Conversations Build Markets and Capability

  • 1. Conversations Build Markets & Capability An ode to 10 years of „Cluetrain Manifesto‟ Michael Krigsman
  • 2. let me take 6 minutes 40 seconds to tell you a story … CLUETRAIN MANIFESTO “the clue train stopped there four times a day. they never took delivery.” about Conversations, Markets and Capability
  • 3. the cast Chris Web architect for Sun Microsystems aka RageBoy FT „top 50 business thinkers in the world‟ Doc Editor, Linux journal PR guru, thinker David Philosophy professor, comedy writer, technical journalist, marketing guru Rick Entrepreneur, marketing executive, choclateier extraordinaire
  • 4. www.cluetrain.com 1999 2000 “Markets are conversations. Talk is cheap. Silence is fatal” 2010
  • 5. “each new communications medium is always perceived – mistakenly – in terms of its predecessor” (Marshall McLuhan. Canadian educator and philosopher) equally, „new learning‟ is far too often perceived – mistakenly – in terms of terms of it‟s predecessor, „old learning‟‟ 5
  • 6. “Your organization is becoming hyperlinked. Whether you like it or not. It's bottom-up; it's unstoppable.” David Weinberger, Cluetrain Jon Husband, Internet Time Alliance
  • 7. the rise of social learning in the enterprise Manifesto Thesis 7
  • 8. see the woods for the trees experience practice conversation reflection “Learning is the ability to acquire new ideas from experience and retain them as memories”
  • 9. today‟s productivity is in the ACTIONS of people, not the information in their heads 9
  • 10. “Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done” Peter Drucker most of what we call learning consists of trying to memorise the unmemorable and the unmemorisable
  • 11. “In 2009 more data was generated by individuals than in the entire history of mankind through 2008” Harvard Business Review The Social Data Revolutions
  • 12. content is just a starting point … but conversation is the important trigger in our content-rich, interaction-poor learning world
  • 13. Technology has always fostered connections, conversations and learning between people. Quill Pen Telephone Telegraph TV Computer Internet Mobile devices …….
  • 14. Manifesto Thesis 17: “Companies that assume online markets are the same markets that used to watch their ads on TV are kidding themselves” “Organisations that assume the online generation want the same „stuff‟ that‟s delivered in classrooms are also kidding themselves”
  • 15. An engaged workforce General Motors mistook Hondas and VWs for a passing fad. today most corporations are misreading the invasion from webspace… their brand will save them, right? their advertising budget will save them, uh-huh more bandwidth will save them. something will save them …. The clock is ticking in Internet time….
  • 16. Manifesto Thesis 39: “The community of discourse is the market” “building and supporting communities of discourse are prime roles of any L&D Department”
  • 17. We‟re seeing fundamental changes in the marketplace, the AGORA … ..from the world of Plato with his Academy (“push”) ..to the world of Socrates with his dialogue and conversations (“pull”) This is no more evident than in our approach to learning and development
  • 18. “The Internet is shifting power from merchants to customers .. .. you can hear the timbers creaking.” cluetrain manifesto education and training is shifting power from teachers to learners, from command and control to individual choice.
  • 19. Manifesto Thesis 79: “We want you to drop your trip, come out of your neurotic self-involvement, join the party” “We want L&D to get off it‟s „high-horse‟ of instructional design and pedagogy, focus on helping people do their jobs well, and become part of the business”
  • 20. in an ever-changing world, continuous learning is the only sustainable advantage Jay Cross and Friends „Working Smarter: informal learning in the cloud” February 2010 www.internettimealliance.com 20
  • 21. in a web-enabled world people, like documents, get hyperlinked … .. and the web isn‟t predicated on individuals, it‟s about the connections, about groups…. no symmetry no plan It‟s messy – unlike a nice clean hierarchy more can be added, some can disappear paths emerge because that‟s where feet are walking ….
  • 22. Charles Jennings  Strategic Consultancy Duntroon Associates  Support & Mentoring for Transformation & Change Programmes email: charles@duntroon.com  Learning & Performance Audits Web: www.duntroon.com Twitter: charlesjennings  Workplace Learning Reviews LinkedIn: charlesjennings  Informal & Social Learning Consultancy Skype: charlesjennings Flickr: charlesjennings  Workshops & Webinars  Team Mentoring & Coaching Blog: charles-jennings.blogspot.com (or from www.duntroon.com)  Strategic Learning and Performance Consultancy and Workshops Internet Time Alliance www.internettimealliance.com Blog: http://internettime.posterous.com 22

Editor's Notes

  1. Chris Locke Then: web architect for Sun Microsystems, FT ‘top 50 business thinkers in the world’, Marketing expertNow: akaRageBoy , mystic bourgeoisie websiteDOC SEARLESThen: editor of Linux Journal, marketing, PR and advertising veteranNow: Author, thinkerDavid WeinbergerThen: Philosophy professor, comedy writer, humour columnist, technical columnist, strategic Marketing Now: academic, writerRick LevineThen: entrepeneur, manager, marketing executiveNow: chocolateier
  2. Conversations build Markets and Capability
  3. Marshall McLuaneach new communications medium is always Perceived – mistakenly – in terms of its predecessorPhotography – paintingFilm – stageInternet – TVThere’s a new culture ‘;out there’
  4. Wirearchy: "Social strategy and architecture for wired organizations"
  5. “Learning is the ability to acquire new ideas from experience and retain them as memories” Eric KandelColumbia University(Nobel Laureate for work on Learning & Memory)
  6. To most large traditional companies, the notion that workers might actiually know what they’;re doing was a huge insight (Duh!).Knowledge worth having comes fro turned-on volition attention, not from slavishly following orders.
  7. What about power relationships?
  8. Business hierarchies are pyramids. Based on control, and fear …Are we playing into the game of hierarchies with our defined roles and cmpetencies? We define roles and competencies so ‘the business can run effectively and efficiently’ – but is it really so we have the comfort of knowing that we’re not going to be shown up? Dividing the organisation into separate little turfs doesn’t really protect anyone from fallibility and uncertainty…. The very things that mark us as humans…Hyperlinks have no symmetry, no plan. They are messy – unlike a nice clean hierarchy. More can be added, some can disappear… paths emerge because that’s where feet are walking ….