What this means is that I am now in the market for a “regular” job.

My target positions are:

• Consultant with a larger firm.
• Collaboration expert with software tool vendor (E 2.0, HR Systems, etc.) doing
  • product development
  • sales support
  • professional services
• Collaboration practitioner within a company looking to improve their internal processes.

I am looking for opportunities that do not require relocation, so that means I am looking for companies with offices in the Raleigh/Durham area; or companies that will allow me to work virtually from my home office. I am willing to travel up to 50%. I am looking for opportunities that are either full-time (W-2) or long-term contract (1099, at least 6 month term).

My resume is here:

http://bit.ly/leewhite

Please pass this information along to anyone that you think might be interested in talking with me.

If you are not quite sure what I do, maybe this presentation will help.

Each of these are issues every organization faces.

Decision 3D helps clients address these issues by extending the existing communication capability, of the organization, with social technology. The effective depolyment and integration of social technology enables employees to make better decisions and be more productive.

What are the decisions keeping your people awake at night?

The root causes of this anxiety is usually the lack of appropriate information. Unfortunately, no one ever seems to have all the information they need when it comes time to decide.

The irony is that your own tools, processes and behaviors may be limiting the information flow you need to make better decisions.

Decision 3D provides a proprietary process, called Decision Due Diligence, that will improve the information flow in your organization. Decision Due Diligence addresses both the mechanics (tools and processes) and the behaviors that affect information flow.

Our logic is simple:

• Better decisions lead to better results.
• Improving your information flow will lead to better decisions.
• Decision 3D can improve your information flow.

Check out the resources on this site and contact us to discuss your specific situation. We provide a range of services that can meet your budget requirements.

Mission

To improve decision making with better information flow.

Premise

Effective decisions are the product of having:

• the best possible information
• at the optimal decision point
• at the right time.

Approach

Decision 3D aligns the use of information tools with organizational behavior to improve information flow.

Process

Decision 3D provides an environmental assessment, builds a custom collaboration environment, engages stakeholders, and facilitates an internal design team to deliver a solution that will optimize your information flow.

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Objective

The purpose of Decision Due Diligence is to allow an organization to gain a better understanding of the factors that are inhibiting information flow and to develop steps to minimize those factors. The hope is that with freer information flow within an organization, decision makers will be more effective at gathering the information they need and therefore be able to make better decisions.

What It Is

Decision Due Diligence (DDD) is not a platform for performance or some kind of general tool that everyone benchmarks against. It is a focused point solution. You use DDD to address a specific operating problem, at a specific point in time, looking for specific, quantifiable improvements in your operations. Once the process is complete, you hope to have three persistent outcomes.

• Improved results
• A new understanding, by participants in the process, of how information flow can be optimized, hopefully leading to fewer information flow restrictions in the future
• The ability to repeat the process elsewhere in the organization to address other operating problems

How It Works

Decision Due Diligence is a multi-stage process. The stages are:

• Assessment
• Analysis
• Model Development
• Idealized Design
• Planning
• Implementation

Assessment

• define the problem,
• identify desired outcomes,
• create initial list of stakeholders

Stakeholders in this case means any entity that influences or is influenced by the decisions core to the situation.

Analysis

• gather stakeholder input about connections
• extend stakeholder list as necessary
• compile stakeholder input about connections
• assign initial values to connections, “Priority”, “Alignment”, “Synchronization”

Connections are the links or relationships between any given pair of stakeholders.

Model Development

• create collaborative workspace showing aggregated Analysis
• invite commentary and feedback from stakeholders regarding aggregated Analysis
• identify key connections (between stakeholders)

Idealized Design

• organize focal event, preferably live, face-to-face and facilitated
• design ideal scenario
• compare to analysis/model results
• identify pragmatic steps to get from “here to there”
• form implementation team

Planning

• convene implementation team
• establish governance, including stakeholder access and feedback to proceedings
• develop project plan for implementation
• define success metrics

Implementation

• implement plan
• monitor and report metrics

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OK there it is. Maybe a bit wonkish, but I want to have this all spelled out so it can be referenced as necessary. I will be adding posts shortly, providing more detail about how each of the six phases will look in practice.

The show is hosted by Tia Carr Williams, founder of the Relationship Capital Institute. In the show we talk about Decision 3D, its underlying principles and our main offering, Decision Due Diligence™.

That said, there is definitely some good stuff under the E2.0 banner. I ran across this presentation by Ross Dawson today and like a lot of the core content.

Combining this framework with Decision Due Diligence could have some real benefit.

Earlier in the week I sent the link for this site to a handful of people looking for feedback, which prompted this reply from my friend H.R.:

- some of the stuff could still be more in business terms and less in process professional terms.  E.g., would a CFO or a unit manager know what ‘information productivity’ really was?  Could you state it in terms they would know?

Good advice, methinks. On one hand, I do want to introduce new concepts to readers and I don’t think that “dumbing down” content is respectful, but on the other hand, I don’t want this site to seem inaccessible to potential clients. I am leaning toward keeping the core content intact, but adding more contextual content to the site, maybe a glossary…

What do you think?

“So, what do you do?”

“Lawyer.”

It doesn’t get much easier than that. When I get that question, well, let’s just say it’s not a one word answer! For your fun and entertainment, here are some of my many answers to that question.

“I help companies make better use of Social Media.”

“I am an Enterprise 2.0 consultant.”

“Decision 3D helps clients bridge the gap between IT and behavior.”

“We improve information productivity.”

“Well, all organizations have to make decisions and having information is key to making good decisions, so I help companies figure out how to improve information flow so they can make better decisions…”

“Connecting for Better Decisions”

“Building the Connected Enterprise”

I am sure you get the picture. I will continue to work on the pitch and tagline, but no matter what I am always happy to discuss this stuff, just drop me a note, leave a comment, whatever. I hope to talk to you soon.

Update:

I almost forgot my favorite:

“Sitting at the intersection of Technology and Behavior, waiting for the light to change.”

Sometime between this past Thanksgiving and Christmas, the ideas and structure behind a new company started coming together. All of the conversations about social media, enterprise 2.0, and how business could/should make use of them came together in a way that made sense, in that systemic/holistic sort of way. The foundation of Decision 3D had been formed.

Over the next few weeks, I became myopically obsessed about forming the company: What would the structure be? Who would be involved? How would I promote it? I need new content!!!WHAT WILL I CALL IT???

So here we are now at the beginning of a new year with a shiny new company, full of hope and excitement. Please “drop by” and give me your thoughts. The coordinates for the company are:

• Web Site: http://decision3d.com
• Twitter: decision3d
• Email: lee@decision3d.com

I would like to thank all of the patient and willing listeners, who have had to endure countless versions and variations of “the pitch”, as I tried to take what was in my head and turn it into a few coherent sentences. It’s not perfect yet, but getting better, so the next time we talk, I hope you will hear something that is compelling (and makes sense).