Meme Map Narrative

Twenty-first century organisations such as the New Order of Business Organisation (NOBO) is a response to the changing economic and technological forces that exist in our world today. Globalisation and web technologies have precipitated a business revolution whereby dramatic changes in organisations, economies and the cultural assumptions of our society have been challenged and the mindsets of the industrial era are crumbling.

The drive for decentralisation and the empowerment of creative knowledge workers is releasing an unprecedented rise in innovative, pioneering leaders. These are not traditional business entrepreneurs but socially responsible individuals with a passion for sustainable business growth and increasing prosperity through value networks. The emergence of self-organising, self-governed, communities of practice enabled by open source social networking tools and practices is creating a learning environment grounded in emotional intelligence, transparency and dialogue.

NOBO is transforming the conversations between social entrepreneurs and business entrepreneurs merging the best of both perspectives. Business entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs no longer speak at cross purposes and argue for different values. Instead, the art and practice of NOBO helps entrepreneurs focus such conversations on the value of their products and services in a complex, socially responsible and sustainable business ecosystem. Sustaining advantage in the knowledge economy demands more than superficial actions, strategically, NOBO people understand organisations as participants in multiple business networks where developing and sustaining quality business relationships takes time to cultivate and co-ordinate. Participation in professional online communities ensures access to people who mentor and share their knowledge with the aim of unearthing shared pictures of the future or collective intelligence…

We can choose and design new futures for our organisations in the way we hope. We can choose to be NOBO.