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May 4, 2007

Who are you in Web 2.0

Well, let’s see who you are in the 0.0 and 1.0 world. The easiest way is to take a look at the corporate directory. “S”, “Ste”, “Stephens”. Ah, here I am “Robert Stephens”, not Todd but Robert. I am employee number 458279 with email address rs9999. My phone numbers and address are here. And so is my job title, “Architect”. There you go; I am a number, an address, a title, and a component of some hierarchal structure that seems to be wrong. Not sure about you, but after 24 years in this business, you would think that I would have accomplished a little more than that.

Now, let’s imagine someone in a 2.0 world. Not a number, but someone that is an innovator because I can see they have several patents to their name. They are an author, due to their recent book publication at iUniverse mentioned in their blog. They have skills, knowledge, and experience that are clearly communicated and oddly enough, up to date in the profile. They are a thought leader based on their contributions to the Wiki space. Reading their blog comments, I can see this person is an educator and willing to communicate the complexities of their subject matter. They are a leader, not in title or organization structure, but a leader of thought and strategic direction. They have an enormous network of corporate relations based on the contextual tagging. This person is honest, open and trustworthy based on the communication and projects they have lead. They represent the values we want based on the family and volunteer efforts described in their profile. Employee number 14528 does say much but the vast experiences, jobs, and qualifications do. This person is an asset, an individual, and valuable to where this organization is going.

Who would you hire or fire? Personally, that Robert guy doesn't sound like he is doing anything of value so get ride of him. That second person sounds like the kind of leadership we need. Hire her and pay her what ever she wants

Posted by Todd at May 4, 2007 11:38 AM