Transformation
We have a small sample of papers, case studies, articles and books prepared by our Alliance members. We have listed them by sub-topic for ease of access.
Mark Fowler recently published an article in the Lord Ashcroft International Business School Journal, Interconnections. The article describes a a recent case study in creating a social enterprise.
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Engagement of all personnel; team building
One of a series of articles than Ken Thompson was commissioned to write for the Indian business journal - The Effective Executive. It looks at what people working in teams can learn from nature.
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Culture Change
This article describes the gains from setting up and working as a networked enterprise. Ken Thompson wrote this in 2009 after working with Andrew Crossley on the EU VEN Programme in the UK.
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Bioteams by Ken Thompson
Available from Amazon
In the interconnected world of the 21st century, you and everyone you work with must be able to function in and through teams, and must also grasp what the latest concept of "team" really means. With the emergence of global Internet collaboration, social networks and mobile communications, the very meaning of the word "team" has changed entirely. Ken Thompson, former European IT Manager with Reuters and a pioneer of the burgeoning "biomimicry" design movement, has mapped out a fundamentally new model for teams. He teaches organizations how they can look to the natural world to create high performance "bioteams" based on nature's best designs.
The Networked Enterprise: Competing for the Future Through Virtual Enterprise Networks by Ken Thompson
Available from Amazon
"Ken Thompson provides a compelling and well-evidenced case for managing collaboration between SMEs through an emerging organisational form - the Virtual Enterprise Network. However, unlike some more theoretical or academic books which touch on this area, Ken actually provides practical guidelines about how to both assess the potential value of the collaboration over time and how to go about creating the VEN as a legal entity with clear roles for participants. The book is divided into two parts. The first provides a thorough overview of the subject from a business perspective and the second provides a valuable implementation guide."
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Ken cites the RDA Virtual Enterprise Network as one of his cases. At the time Ken was a specialist advisor to the VEN programme and Andrew Crossley was the VEN Group CEO. Since working together on this major programme Ken and Andrew have collaborated with Professor Male on the major shared services project for 10 local authorities along with Alliance partners Actica Consulting.
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