On the Three Star Leadership Blog yesterday, Wally Bock pointed to a Chicago Tribune story that talked about how two software firms sent senior consultants to each other's workplace. The five-day exchange is known as a Craftsman Swap.
Wally explained more about this emerging trend:
A Craftsman Swap is part of a larger movement called Software Craftsmanship. It stands for quality software development using agile methodologies and (I love this part) an Apprenticeship Approach to training software developers.
He says this practice is akin to what organizations in the technology sector and others are already doing when it comes to going to trade shows and talking to suppliers and customers – learning from outside to spur "big, revolutionary ideas" that are hard to generate from internal workplace team building alone.
I like the Tribune article Wally points to and his analysis because it's another example of small is beautiful.
Related: Our 2008 Top Small Workplaces Benchmarking Report shows the frequency of job swapping and eight other employee engagement activities among salaried, hourly, and part-time employees in use at last year's winners to boost employee development and innovation.
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