Us or Them?
Who Wins the Customer Experience Tug of War?
Lisa Welchman
@lwelchman
today
the answer to scalable collaboration is standards.
many people believe that if
they work within a standards-
based framework, they will be
unable to invent or innovate.
that’s not true.
speech
talking drums
music
moveable type
a revolving typecase for wooden
type in China, from Wang Zhen's
book published in 1313
metal moveable type
telephony
typewriters
telegraphy
radio
television
punch cards
personal computers
all of these thing operate over a standards-based framework.
that’s what made them revolutionary, disruptive, and powerful.
our world
the Internet and Web impact all that has come before
and enables things to happen that we’ve never dreamed of
if we try to grow without
standards, we are likely to
make a mess
we’ve absorbed these types of disruptions before.
Western Union
internal memo,
1876
"This 'telephone' has too
many shortcomings to be
seriously considered as a
means of
communication. The
device is inherently of no
value to us.”
“…the Department of Commerce became worried that too many
stations -- especially amateur and experimental -- were making
broadcasts intended for the general public, and, effective
December 1, 1921, adopted regulations which restricted public
broadcasting to stations which met the standards of a newly
created broadcast service classification.”
US Early Radio History
– Thomas H. White
“The time will come, and in less than 10
years, when the children in the public
schools will be taught practically
everything by moving
pictures…Imagine a public library of the
near future, for instance. There will be
long rows of boxes of pillars, properly
classified and indexed, of course. At
each box a push button and before
each box a seat.”
The New York Times, from an interview with D.
W. Griffith - 1915
standardization and regulation is the norm.
the question is when are standards determined, by
whom, and to what end?
governance maturity
policy
guidance about
governance
making a governing framework
1. organize your team
2. figure out who is supposed to establish the vision
and enable the organization to achieve that vision
3. determine who decides the must do’s and must not
do’s for online behavior
4. establish who decides the nature of the things you
make for your digital presence
this is your team
Extended Team
Working Groups & Committees
Distributed Team
Core Team
your digital team is the full
set of resources required to
keep your digital presence
functioning for your
organization
your team
Extended Team
Working Groups & Committees
Distributed Team
Core Team
core:
the part of the
organization that
establishes strategy,
policy and standards
distributed:
employees that make
websites, mobile
applications, and
moderate social
channels
working
groups/committees:
strategic and tactical
steering and working
bodies that enable digital
development and
operations
extended:
external vendors that
support digital
development in any
capacity
digital strategy
articulates an
organization’s approach
to leveraging the
capabilities of the Internet
and the World Wide Web
to support organizational
goals.
digital policy
high level statements of
beliefs, goals, and
objectives in order to
comply with laws, manage
risk, or drive competitive
advantage
digital standards
formal specifications that
guide what is to be done
in regards to aspects of
digital publication and
development.
•Tools
•Protocols
•Information
Access
•Hosting
•Security
•Software
•Hardware
•Branding
•Content
•Language
•Typography &
Color
•Images
•Templates
Design Editorial
Publishing &
Development
Network &
Infrastructure
freedom of expression within a standards-based
framework is the most powerful – not the ability to do
whatever you want, whenever you want.
“I call our remarkable capacity for
sharing information “collective
learning.” While other intelligent
species, such as chimps, learn for the
most part as individuals, so that most of
what they learn dies with them, we
learn collectively, so that what we
learn is preserved in the community
and can accumulate from generation
to generation.”
– David Christian
thank you
@lwelchman
book: digitalgoverance.com
twitter: @lwelchman
email: lisa@activestandards.com

Keynote: Us or Them? Who Wins the Customer Experience Tug of War with Lisa Welchman

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    Us or Them? WhoWins the Customer Experience Tug of War? Lisa Welchman @lwelchman
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    the answer toscalable collaboration is standards.
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    many people believethat if they work within a standards- based framework, they will be unable to invent or innovate.
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    moveable type a revolvingtypecase for wooden type in China, from Wang Zhen's book published in 1313
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    all of thesething operate over a standards-based framework. that’s what made them revolutionary, disruptive, and powerful.
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    the Internet andWeb impact all that has come before and enables things to happen that we’ve never dreamed of
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    if we tryto grow without standards, we are likely to make a mess
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    we’ve absorbed thesetypes of disruptions before.
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    Western Union internal memo, 1876 "This'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
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    “…the Department ofCommerce became worried that too many stations -- especially amateur and experimental -- were making broadcasts intended for the general public, and, effective December 1, 1921, adopted regulations which restricted public broadcasting to stations which met the standards of a newly created broadcast service classification.” US Early Radio History – Thomas H. White
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    “The time willcome, and in less than 10 years, when the children in the public schools will be taught practically everything by moving pictures…Imagine a public library of the near future, for instance. There will be long rows of boxes of pillars, properly classified and indexed, of course. At each box a push button and before each box a seat.” The New York Times, from an interview with D. W. Griffith - 1915
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    standardization and regulationis the norm. the question is when are standards determined, by whom, and to what end?
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    making a governingframework 1. organize your team 2. figure out who is supposed to establish the vision and enable the organization to achieve that vision 3. determine who decides the must do’s and must not do’s for online behavior 4. establish who decides the nature of the things you make for your digital presence
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    this is yourteam Extended Team Working Groups & Committees Distributed Team Core Team your digital team is the full set of resources required to keep your digital presence functioning for your organization
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    your team Extended Team WorkingGroups & Committees Distributed Team Core Team core: the part of the organization that establishes strategy, policy and standards distributed: employees that make websites, mobile applications, and moderate social channels working groups/committees: strategic and tactical steering and working bodies that enable digital development and operations extended: external vendors that support digital development in any capacity
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    digital strategy articulates an organization’sapproach to leveraging the capabilities of the Internet and the World Wide Web to support organizational goals.
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    digital policy high levelstatements of beliefs, goals, and objectives in order to comply with laws, manage risk, or drive competitive advantage
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    digital standards formal specificationsthat guide what is to be done in regards to aspects of digital publication and development. •Tools •Protocols •Information Access •Hosting •Security •Software •Hardware •Branding •Content •Language •Typography & Color •Images •Templates Design Editorial Publishing & Development Network & Infrastructure
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    freedom of expressionwithin a standards-based framework is the most powerful – not the ability to do whatever you want, whenever you want.
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    “I call ourremarkable capacity for sharing information “collective learning.” While other intelligent species, such as chimps, learn for the most part as individuals, so that most of what they learn dies with them, we learn collectively, so that what we learn is preserved in the community and can accumulate from generation to generation.” – David Christian
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Editor's Notes

  • #29 Framework Applying the basics to digital Integrating digital with everhthing else