 Leading Through Smart NetworksJeffrey Goldstein, James K. Hazy and Benyamin B. Lichtenstein Chapter Chapter 7 in Complexity and the Nexus of Leadership, 2010, pp 147-176 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract A key theme throughout this book, one that sharply distinguishes it from other works in the genre of leadership/management/ organizational theory, is that complexity is not something to be avoided or somehow damped down but instead is capable of yielding great dividends if it is embraced in the appropriate manner. In this chapter, we offer many insights from burgeoning research into social networks, one of the most intense and promising areas of complexity science, in order to show how leaders can reap benefits through transmuting their organizations’ complex social networks into smart networks that play a inimitable role in constructing ecologies of innovation. Smart networks contain this potential since it is through them that the identification and dissemination of experiments in novelty can become the requisite seeds of innovation. At the same time, smart social networks enable rapid adaptation to a relentlessly changing environment. Keywords: Social Network; Small World; Small World Network; Social Entrepreneurship; Average Path Length (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-10771-7_7 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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