{"id":483,"date":"2010-09-14T17:58:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/woocommerce-158966-458665.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2011-09-20T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T00:12:38","slug":"what-does-leadership-look-like-in-and-near-self-organizing-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collectiveself.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/what-does-leadership-look-like-in-and-near-self-organizing-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"What does leadership look like in and near self-organizing groups?"},"content":{"rendered":"
What does a nerdy researcher who studies self-organizing work groups do in her spare time? Why participate in and observe other types of self-organizing groups, of course! This week it was a flash mob here in Seattle. Seven 2-hour dance rehearsals, one 7-minute performance, and tons of fun. It also involved about a dozen Advil over the week. And I’m still sore (although mastering the moves to “Beat it” made it all worth while).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Typically I study small self-organizing work groups (spontaneous groups, created from within, to get work-of-the-moment accomplished). But this larger self-org group\u2014a group that came together primarily to have fun, dance, and surprise themselves and complete strangers\u2014was remarkably good at making visible what I\u2019ve been learning about leadership across the smaller self-organizing work groups I’m studying. For example, five things I can see as part of these groups:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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