Content & Creativity: Facebook Generation vs. Fortune 500 Generation

Gary Hamel's article, The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500, on the WSJ blog offers 12 characteristics of online life. Not only are these characteristics of the "Gen F" social media generation, they are characteristics of highly vibrant, creative organizations in general - and for all generations. They are:

1. All ideas compete on an equal footing.
2. Contribution counts for more than credentials.
3. Hierarchies are natural, not prescribed.
4. Leaders serve rather than preside.
5. Tasks are chosen, not assigned.
6. Groups are self-defining and -organizing.
7. Resources get attracted, not allocated.
8. Power comes from sharing information, not hoarding it.
9. Opinions compound and decisions are peer-reviewed.
10. Users can veto most policy decisions.
11. Intrinsic rewards matter most.
12. Hackers (anti-authoritarian rabble-rousers) are heroes.

For the complete article: http://tinyurl.com/c4vld5