My takeaway from the executive summary of the article
is that organizations
should pay more attention to developing leaders within its ranks, so that
when a vacancy does happen at the top, the best candidate to step up into
it would come from inside. If an organization hasn't done that development
work, and doesn't have a strong succession plan, then hiring from inside
might not make sense.
That is all in generic abstract terms. I am not in a position to say
whether any of it should apply to the WMF right now. Hopefully whoever
steps in as the permanent ED will put some effort into succession planning
and leadership development as part of their work.
Kevin Smith
Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Peter Southwood <
peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net> wrote:
And hiring from outside may be a cause of bad
management
Cheers,
Peter
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Hoi,
Who says the WMF is in trouble.. A not so fine patch sure, but in
that is too much.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 20 June 2016 at 14:58, Stephen Philbrick <
wrote:
> I would urge caution at reading too much into the A.T.Kearney study.
> It is quite plausible that companies in trouble may decide they need a
> turn-around specialist, almost certainly an outsider. While some will
> succeed, companies in trouble are almost certainly going to
> underperform those that were not in trouble. Thus, hiring a homegrown
> CEO may be a result of good management, not a cause.
> Sphilbrick
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> > Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 17:56:30 +0200
> > From: "Peter Southwood" <peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
> > To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'"
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> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community survey to support the WMF ED
> > search starts right now
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> > The Kearney report rings
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> > Cheers,
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> > On Behalf Of rupert THURNER
> > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 11:47 PM
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community survey to support the WMF ED
> > search starts right now
>
> > hi,
>
> > 2011 A T Kearney published
a study saying that hiring a homegrown
> > CEO let a company outperform other companies. also price waterhouse
> > coopers Strategy& and RHR international come to similar conclusions:
> > *
>
>
>
https://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/529727/Home-Grown_CEO.pdf/bb
> ba713e-1a54-421f-81f9-4299faad42aa
> > *
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news-archive/17975.html
> > *
>
>
>
http://www.rhrinternational.com/sites/default/files/V25N1-CEO-Successi
> on-Makin_1.pdf
> > * (de)
>
>
>
http://www.finews.ch/themen/karriere/23186-korn-ferry-stefan-steger-ce
> o-nachfolge-wechsel-pwc-strategy?xing_share=news
> > hiring an outsider CEO has the following effects:
> > * higher compensation
> > * greater risk profile
> > * wrong expectations about business area and its specifics
>
> > best
> > rupert
>
>
> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Fæ
<faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Thank you! Hopefully
there will be a good range of viewpoints!
> >
> > > I look forward to
reading a summary of the feedback!
> >
> > > Fae
> >
> > > On 16 June 2016
at 11:25, Alice Wiegand <awiegand(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> > > > Update: The survey is still open!
> > > > In order to hear from more people, the search team decided to
> > > > hold the ED search survey [1] open until Friday, June 17. If you
> > > > haven’t already, please take a few minutes to fill it out before
then.
> > >
> > > > Thank
you for your participation!
> > >
> > > > [1] -
ED Search Survey:
> > > >
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5hVS2mJTcJNCxBX
> > >
> > > > Alice.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Nikola
Kalchev <
> > > nikola.kalchev(a)gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >> As
a patroller on my homewiki I can say that 15 of the 50 most
> > > >> active editors according to
stats.wikimedia.org would be
> > > >> capable of answering
> > > the
> > > >> questions in one of the ten languages. Those are the people who
> > > translate
> > > >> articles from the ten languages of the survey (13 from English,
> > > >> 2 from Russian). Ask a few more patrollers from other
> > > >> communities, multiply by
> > > the
> > > >> number of very active editors on those wikis and divide by the
> > > >> number of asked patrollers :). It is not impossible to get a
> > > >> rough
> > estimate.
> > > >>
> > > >> Best regards,
> > > >> User:Lord Bumbury / Nikola Kalchev Wikimedians of Bulgaria, a
> > > >> Wikimedia CEE Spring international organiser
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak
> > > >> <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
>>
> > > >> > On
Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Nikola Kalchev <
> > > nikola.kalchev(a)gmail.com
> > > >>
> > >
>> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > >
>> >> Dariusz, thank you for your clarification. I understand that
> > > >> translations
> > > >> >> take time.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Would you please elaborate on the assumption that the
most
> > > >> >> important principle of the ED search committee was speed
and
> > > >> >> not,
> > e.g.
> > > >> participation
> > > >> >> of a larger part of the community? What would the bad
> > > >> >> effects of a 2
> > > >> months
> > > >> >> longer search on the WMF be?
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > >
>> > The assumption is that any organization under an interim
> > > >> > leader is basically frozen. An interim leader is unlikely
to
> > > >> > make any
> > change.
> > > Also,
> > > >> > one of the gripes of the past was a long (way over a year)
> > > >> > process of
> > > ED
> > > >> > searching. The ED search team wants to avoid repeating
this.
> > > >>
> > >
>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> I fear that user groups will be underrepresented again
> > > >> >> (another
> > > notable
> > > >> >> example is the number of representatives at the WMCON
with
> > > >> >> chapters
> > > >> having
> > > >> >> up to four participants and user groups exactly one).
There
> > > >> >> are
> > > >> >> 59
> > > user
> > > >> >> groups and (as well as I could count) only 10 of them
will
> > > >> >> be able to participate at the survey in their own
language.
> > > >> >> Why was the opinion
> > > of
> > > >> 49
> > > >> >> user groups considered less worth that a delay of two
months?
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > >
>> > I think the main assumption may have been that there will be
> > > decreasing
> > > >> > differences - that is, the differences between the views
> > > >> > expressed in
> > > the
> > > >> > 10 major languages will not be big in general. Of course,
we
> > > >> > will see whether there are significant differences within
10.
>
>> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter
> >> > <putevod(a)mccme.ru
> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Whereas I fully understand and partially share the
> >> >> sentiment, may I please repeat the question I asked on this
> >> >> list in relation to a
> similar
> >> >> topic some time ago. Could we estimate a number of active
> >> >> community
> >> members
> >> >> (whom we would reasonably expect to participate in the
> >> >> survey) who do
> >> not
> >> >> speak any of the languages to which the survey was
> >> >> translated, to the
> >> point
> >> >> that their ability to fill in the survey would depend on the
others?
> If
> >> >> this is a considerable number, or if it is less significant
> >> >> but considerably compromises on the representation, which
> >> >> languages do
> these
> >> >> community members speak?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> > Yaroslav's question is a good one - I don't know from the top
> >> > of my
> head
> >> > how to estimate this easily. However, let me repeat: we are
> >> > asking
> >> general
> >> > questions, and the results are not binding. It is not an
> >> > issue of representation. I doubt if there will be huge
> >> > cultural differences to
> the
> >> > extent that the questionnaire would bring different results
> >> > if 10 more languages were added, mainly because I think that
> >> > wiki-world is quite hermetic and has a culture of its own.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > cheers,
> >> >
> >> > dj
> >> >
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Hi Martin,
Thanks for sharing the news. I am keen to participate at the
“Engaging local Wikipedians” workshop. Would you please ensure me
whether I can
share
some of the learning we (as a community in
Bangladesh) have attained
regarding engaging the diverse local Wikipedians?
Regards,
Tanweer
On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Martin Rulsch <
martin.rulsch(a)wikimedia.de
>
wrote:
> Hi Wikimaniacs!
>
> Wikimania is just around the corner and many people looking
> forward to
the
> wide range of topics. Following the general idea of sharing
> knowledge
about
> best practices, the Volunteer Support Department of Wikimedia
Deutschland
> warmly invites you to the pre-conference
workshops “Engaging local
> Wikipedians” and “German Wikipedia”.
>
> *“Engaging local Wikipedians” workshop*
>
> The German Chapter supports several groups with the installation,
funding,
> and support of local spaces where community members can sozialize,
write
> > articles, plan projects, share knowledge, start cooperations,
> > teach new editors, and so one. These are places where Wikipedians
have a
face.
> >
> > Several local groups will hold lightning talks about their
activities.
> > > Further, a study by Wikimedia Deutschland on the local spaces will
> > > be presented. Nevertheless, getting local Wikipedians together
> > > does not
> only
> > > work in actual rooms but in several other ways, fitting to the
> respective
> > > needs of the communities and general conditions. One solution for
> example
> > > is the Kumusha Bus that educates several communities in Africa
> > > about
> the
> > > Open Movement. Of course, organizing student groups for Wikipedia
> > > in several cities is another one.
> > >
> > > We warmly invite you to share your experiences in this workshop.
> Learning
> > > from each other is the main goal of this workshop.
> > >
> > > Basic information for “Engaging local Wikipedians” workshop:
> > >
> > > - Date: Thursday, 23 June
> > > - Time: 9.30–13.00
> > > - Place: Villa Rogo (20 min away from the center)
> > > - Find more information on
> > >
> > >
> >
>
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop:_Engaging_local_Wiki
> pedians
> > >
> > > *“German Wikipedia” workshop*
> > >
> > > The community of the German-language Wikipedia is one of the most
> active
> > > ones in the Wikiverse. Several volunteers will attend Wikimania
> > > this
> year
> > > and prepared presentations on a broad variety of topics they are
> > interested
> > > in, from a presentation of the Young Wikipedians group to a
> > > photography workshop focused on flashes.
> > >
> > > They warmly invite you into the German house, the Villa Rogo, to
> > > the “German Wikipedia” workshop that follows the previous
> > > “Engaging local Wikipedians” workshop (we plan to serve Italian
> > > pasta for you in our kitchen ;-)).
> > >
> > > If you ever wanted to know what the German community is doing, or
> > > when
> > you
> > > are curious what their affairs of the heart are, join this
> > > workshop and
> > be
> > > excited!
> > >
> > > Basic information for “German Wikipedia” workshop:
> > >
> > > - Date: Thursday, 23 June
> > > - Time: 14.00–18.00
> > > - Place: Villa Rogo (20 min away from the center)
> > > - Find more information on
> > >
> > >
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop:_German_Wikipedi
> > > a
> > >
> > > If you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > --
> > > Martin Rulsch
> > > Team Ideenförderung
> > >
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> From: "Carlos M. Colina" <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
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> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Kentucky Wikimedians
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> Dear all,
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> It is my pleasure to announce the recognition of a new Wikimedia
> User Group in the United States: Kentucky Wikimedians [1]
>
> Their efforts are focused on providing support to those in Kentucky
> who are interested in creating and expanding content in the
> different Wikimedia projects. They have already organized some
> meetups and plan to expand their activities in the state.
>
> Welcome!
>
> 1:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Wikimedians_User_Group
>
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Ayatashi waya
junain."
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