Knowledge
and Creativity
The
symbolics of modern work
When organizing
work and leadership for creativity and efficiency there is an enormous
amount of litterature. Words like benchmarking and teambuilding are frequently
used. However there are many practical items in modern working life that
are missing from this litterature. Foundation of Knowledge and Competence
Development is the name of a Swedish organization working with modern
life and learning and more specifically with the use of IT. An interesting
example of these activities is the online course "Designing Electronic
Courses" wich is developed in cooperation with the department of
Applied Electronics at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden and William
Horton Consulting, Inc. in Colorado, USA.
The following
list includes ten items that I have found to be very important in organizing
modern work.
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Think
strategically, try to take the long view even when dealing with
uncomplicated issues - if you can't see it perhaps the question
is not worth dealing with. Always try to think about the proportions. |
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Broaden
your knowledge base. Try to create conditions for thought meetings.
Communicate with people with views that differ from your own. |
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Translate
from the abstract to the concrete and the other way round -
an absolutely essential skill in modern society. |
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Use
IT, you win time and efficiency. Connect your telephone with
your computer, use the many programming possibilities of your
modern mobile telephone etc. |
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Structure
your work into projects with deadlines and do an evaluation
of your own when finished. |
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Work
hard but take a break between the different projects. Giving
yourself time to think in between is often the best preparation
to the really new ideas. |
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Think
globally, there are few questions that are exclusively domestic. |
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Work
in a team - communication is an condition for creativity. We
compete worldwide! |
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The
structural capital is basic, if you document your working process,
that is reducing your vulnerability. |
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Playtime
is worktime! |
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©2010
Bi Puranen
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