What does Enterprise 2.0 have to do with Cancer?
A few weeks ago cancer took the life of my aunt. She was a great mentor and a corner stone in our family’s foundation. Her passing has a big impact throughout the family and within her community, many came to drink from her fountain. Cancer destroyed her body at an unbelievable speed. This same type of destruction also happens within business organizations. The winds of change can steal key people from your organization and your life. How can we keep the value of what people bring into our lives and organizations?
How Cell Cancer Destroys the Body
All cancers begin in cells, the body’s basic unit of life. To understand cancer, it’s helpful to know what happens when normal cells become cancer cells.
The body is made up of many types of cells. These cells grow and divide in a controlled way to produce more cells as they are needed to keep the body healthy. When cells become old or damaged, they die and are replaced with new cells.
However, sometimes this orderly process goes wrong. The genetic material (DNA) of a cell can become damaged or changed, producing mutations that affect normal cell growth and division. When this happens, cells do not die when they should and new cells form when the body does not need them. The extra cells may form a mass of tissue called a tumor. [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/what-is-cancer]
How Organizational Cancer Destroys the Enterprise
All organizational cancer begins in silos, the walled gardens cut off from the life of the enterprise. To understand organizational cancer, it’s helpful to know what happens when isolation becomes collaboration.
The organization is made up of many types of people. These groups of people grow and divide in a controlled way to produce more intellectual capital as needed to keep the organization healthy. Intellectual capital is captured by the organization. When people leave the organization, they are replaced with new people.
However, sometimes this orderly process goes wrong. The genetic material (Intellectual capital) of the enterprise can become damaged, lost or never captured and shared, producing organizational cancer that affects the value of the organization. When this happens, organizations die and new organizations form as the market dictates. The old way of doing business forms like a mass of tissue called a tumor, which will be destroyed by this treatment we call Enterprise 2.0. The use of solid Enterprise 2.0 solutions that facilitate effective collaboration and improves communications will keep the life blood (people) of our organizations healthy.
How to Cure the Disease of Bad Retention
Connect your people.
Did You Know?
- It is estimated that 192,370 women will be diagnosed with and 40,170 women will die of cancer of the breast in 2009.
- You can lower your breast cancer risk.
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