Leadershift: Reinventing Leadership for the Age of Mass Collaboration

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Leadershift is about adapting and changing traditional models of leadership in response to the influence of mass collaboration. Mass collaboration is a form of collective action which occurs when large numbers of people work independently on a single project, exemplified by websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Second Life. As the traditional models of working are radically altered those in leadership roles need to understand their place in this new hierarchy and how to respond. Mass collaboration requires a form of leadership that is prepared to let go of the experience, expertise and control it holds precious and be able to see mass participation as an opportunity to create value rather than a threat to its existence.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgement (p. ix)
• Introduction: Why am I asking for your time? (p. 1)
• 1 The day of reckoning: Leading in turbulent times (p. 11)
• 2 The demographic trend: Making your experience irrelevant (p. 19)
• 3 The expertise trend: Making your knowledge irrelevant (p. 27)
• 4 The attention trend: Making your efforts irrelevant (p. 37)
• 5 The democratic trend: Making your power irrelevant (p. 43)
• 6 Pay or Play?: Who matters most? (p. 49)
• 7 Leadershift: Are you worth following? Are you easy to follow? (p. 65)
• 8 Shift 1 - from clarity to simplicity: Securing engagement (p. 83)
• 9 Shift 2 - from plans to narratives: Ensuring alignment (p. 101)
• 10 Shift 3 - from roles to tasks: Creating accountability (p. 117)
• 11 Shift 4 - from money to love: Obtaining commitment (p. 129)
• 12 The Elvis fallacy: From here to there and now to then (p. 143)
• Concluding thoughts: Could it all be a bad dream? (p. 157)
• Don't take my word for it (p. 161)
• Index (p. 171)