Maybe it's time to declare our interdependence

Below video is part of the 'Connected' film project of Tiffany Shlain where she invited people to post themselves reading the declaration of interdependence on YouTube. The movie isn't released yet, but her message is : many years ago we declared our independence - maybe now it's time to declare our interdependence.



Text of the declaration here.

We live in the network age, and the most essential effect of networks is that they interconnect (duh!). It should come as no surprise we've become more interdependent than ever as a result too. What does independence really mean when what you do has direct and profound impact on many others, and vice versa? It's easy to relate this to politics and countries shielding off their economies from the global swings. But it is equally true in our organizations, and in our professions:

• What can we achieve with our individual skills and competencies? Results we achieve are those of interdependent teams of people.
• How much longer can the many silo's and kingdoms in organisations hold when their work all interlinks so drastically? We have already seen learning being integrated in the 'people' department (broad HR and talent).
• How deep can you specialize in one domain without keeping an eye out for interdependent domains of science or practise?
• How do we lead in interdependent networks, where we are 'stuck in the middle'?
• Etc