Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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Editor'sWord LastWord Don't Ignore New Structures, Technologies THEY ARE THE GLUE THAT KEEPS COMPANIES FOCUSED. BY WALTER ROGERS W e are living in one of the most exciting moments of nearly any time in human history. Te pace of change continues to accelerate, and technology is going through incredible shifs, as older technologies sunset and new ones quickly emerge that create new experiences and possibilities that disrupt the status quo. This new world has unleashed creativity and communication on a scale unlike anything ever seen before. To put it in context, the amount of information now being created and shared every 48 hours is greater than all the information created from the very first human until 2003. And that is every 48 hours! As the rate of change continues to accelerate, the glue that keeps companies focused on their customers and markets is the network of intersection points between the various layers inside a company. It's the white space between the boxes on an organizational chart that matter most. New organizational structures and technologies are rapidly emerging to connect customers, partners, employees and suppliers in ways never possible before. Leverage these new paradigms to maximize alignment, focus and execution capabilities inside and outside your company, and you will win. Ignore them, and be prepared to fnd yourself chasing a new competitor you never even knew existed. —Walter Rogers is co-founder and chief executive ofcer of CloudCoaching International. Learn more about Rogers and CloudCoaching International at www.cloudcoachinginternational.com 50 June / July 2013 Elearning!