Technology itself will increasingly become less of the challenge for organizations to move to the next level. In reality the biggest struggle will be changing legacy leadership's reliance on old thinking . Unless organizations have the courage to embrace true collaboration and orchestration, as opposed to maintaining command and control tactics in an attempt to impact outcomes, they will not be able to leverage new tools that enable innovation and execution at record speed. Organizations that fail to change how they function by throwing out hierarchy, and an orientation towards control will fail. They will be unable to adopt new more effective ways of functioning and follow in the path of dinosaurs. Listen to the CEO of CISCO, John Chambers, as he eloquently sets forth the vision of change to come in this brief video. The nature of how we work and the need to work together is at the center of the future. The second video is his complete speech.
Rev·o·lu·tion : is defined as a sudden or momentous change in a situation. From Latin revolūtus, past participle of revolvere, to turn over.
In life, relationships, organizations, or ecosystems; any total and complete change.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 
