1 European Experts’ Symposium Future and Emerging Issues in Technology Enhanced Professional Learning Wayne Hodgins Strategic Futurist Autodesk Inc. New forms of organization and strategic partnership Athens, Greece December 19, 2005

2 Strategic Futurist President & Co-Founder Learnativity.org Chair, IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee Learning Object Metadata Director: Worldwide Learning Strategies Strategic Executive Services Strategic Advisor

3 End of the “org chart”?  Democratization and deformalization of organization?  Performance based The “non organisation”  Transformation from static to dynamic  End of “the job”?  on demand  “just right”  EMERGENT organizational structures  “hubs & authoriteis” networks Context & competency based grouping  How to quantify & capture context?  Role of competencies? The human/social factor  Assembling & disassembling project teams  the role of the individual in groups  Personalization within organizations? New Forms of Organization Project based organization

4 Strategic Partnerships: “ProSumers “ Models of “mass contribution” Customers/consumers as producers, employees and part of supply chain  Metadata  content Strategic partnerships:  Producer / consumer  Learners / teacher facilitator coach  Content developer / publisher

5 Questions for Discussion: A. New forms of organization: What if there was no formal organisational structure?  What is the “essence” or nucleus for organization?  Project?  Performance?  Competencies? (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)  Can organizational models be dynamic? Strategic Partnerships: B. ProSumer partnerships: What if we were all producers, all consumers, all the time?  Examples of your “consumers” as producers?  How do YOU become a “consumer” as well as a producer?  What are the new roles?  Of producers?  Of consumers?  How to make contribution a priority?  Eg debriefing, lessons learned, reflective review, etc.  Preventing the proliferation of the poor?

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7 Strategic Partnerships: Strategic Philanthropy Future role of NGO’s, developing markets & regions Research opportunities  What if….  Scarcity based development Enhanced environments  “leap frog” scenarios for rapid change  Lack of existing infrastructure,

8 Questions for Discussion: Strategic Partnerships: Strategic Philanthropy:  Role of NGO’s & developing regions for you?

9 New Forms of Organization MY THOUGHTS STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY End of the org chart project based Non org Org on demand Assembling & disassembling project teams Role of competencies Strategic partnerships ProSumers Mass contribuition prosumers customers as employees and part of supply chain KEY POINTS Context & competency based grouping On demand project based 2SP's Strategic pihilanthropy ProSumers QUESTIONS: Project as nucleus of organisation Strategic partnerships Learners teacher facilitator coach Author publisher Producer consumer Human factor of choosing teams