It wasn’t traditional media in the US that put Barack Obama in office, if I’m not mistaken: Obama said he noted the trend. “I Maybe it has to do with the fact that bloggers are starting to take on the role that journalists also do, which is undercover investigations – and it didn’t go well for Obama: He should stick to politics – how quickly they forget! Mr.

five "Presidential Actions" went into force (see White House press statement ), establishing a clear foundation of organizing values and principles for the new Obama Administration. This understanding of the central role of transparency is vital at this extraordinarily critical moment in the still-accelerating economic crisis. BARACK OBAMA [Your name here] ...Tags: At the stroke of midnight on January 21, 2009. The "Midnight Five," with their links, are: Presidential Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government Presidential Memorandum

have followed the campaigns of Obama and McCain filtered through the Dutch news. But it's a nice opportunity to find out more about how Obama leveraged the social media- I have heard it was a great campaign and his team made good use of the media in general and social media in particular. I'm a fan of Obama (like 90% of the Dutch I believe!), The netsquared thinktank question is this time: ' What was the best example or lesson learned about leveraging social media from the political campaigns this year?' At first, I didn't feel like responding. I

We’re written before about some great examples in this space, from the well-documented role of online communities in the Obama campaign , to Oxfam’s use of social media in the UK. This is all very evident in the forums and discussions where people are sharing advice on topics from the emotional process of deployment to the roles in the Navy for those who are colour-blind , as well as sharing personal stories about their children . A busy week at FreshNetworks has meant that we’re a little later than expected  bringing you the third in our series of Online Community Examples .

Last week’s Time had an article on how President Obama is using the science of change to transform the country. Specifically, President Obama and his economic team are relying on findings in behavioral economics to make people break old habits and adopt behaviors that are better for them and society. believe that role modeling is very critical. Unlike traditional economics which assumes that human rationality, self-interest, and freedom of choice end up creating an efficient market, behavioral economics does not make this assumption. While recognizing the importance

quot; The Baker piece and those that we're adding here are not just about the Obama administration but also point to valuable insights for any organization facing redesign themselves in uncertain times, meaning now. The Times piece notes, as have we, that Obama's government is becoming more complicated, with the appointment of "czars," special envoys, and task forces, which Baker describes as "overlaying an additional set of actors upon a bureaucracy already scratchy about who's in charge. Peter Baker has a great reorganization story in today's NY Times' Week in Review section, " And Now Let the Jockeying Begin ."

But as we've said before, mindless flattening of organizations will be disastrous because it reduces the ability to respond intelligently to change. In our post yesterday, we pointed out that Obama is "complexifying" government by creating more layers, adding cross-links, and multiplying leadership. At the end of the NYT article we referenced there, Karl Rove is quoted as saying that Obama's moves are likely to "create a more centralized and possibly incoherent policy process." There's an obvious subtitle for this post: "Stop before you chop."

itself engages discussion about the purposes, roles, relationships Tags: OrgScope Obama Transparency Government Networks and Networkin Among the wonders of Jan 20, 2009, i.e. yesterday, was the transformation of The White House website at precisely 12 noon. "Change quot;Change has come to America," it trumpets, and for those who've been logging into the campaign site and its successor,

When President Obama receives his first report on "open government" this coming May, we're wondering what it will include. quot;Transparency for accountability" is the starting point, the critical role for organizational transparency as the precondition for "open government through participation and collaboration." Obama's early and deep interest is indicated by his co-authorship of the “Google for Government” As we reported a couple of days ago, the president's first five actions at the moment of taking office included ordering the Open Government Directive, due by May 21, four months from its issue.

Sandy reported that Lee said that points out that we can't afford the “high-friction, high-cost model of deploying technology and processes, but need to rebalance the role of people within the enterprise.” Gil gave a good example from a session I missed, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Chief Technology Officer & Founding Partner of Blue State Digital who spoke about the lessons we can learn from the Obama campaign. I greatly enjoyed this years Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston.