My Vision of The New Virtual Organization World:

Global and Widespread Adoption of Virtual Organization Aptitude Assessment for All Personnel

My Vision of The New Virtual Organization World: Global and Widespread Adoption of Virtual Organization Aptitude Assessment for All Personnel

by Pierre Coupet

So what exactly is “The New Virtual Organization World™” and how does it differ from the “virtual world,” “virtual reality world,” and the “brick and mortar world”?

Well, the “virtual world” consists of all the applications, tools, services and technologies that are made available to us all from the internet. Whereas, the “virtual reality world” is a digital simulation of one or more aspects of our real “brick and mortar world” environment. And for those of you who may not be familiar with the “brick and mortar” term, the “brick and mortar world” is the real and physical world that we live in.

On the other hand, “The New Virtual Organization World" is a world that is primarily made up of “virtual organizations” that inhabit the “virtual world” and peacefully coexist with the “brick and mortar world.” These virtual organizations derive their resources from not only the virtual world and virtual reality world but also from the brick and mortar world.
 

So, prior to going any further, let me define a virtual organization. “A virtual organization is an organization which strictly consists of the following: a virtual workforce, a virtual workspace, and adherence to a strict adoption of the virtual organization management discipline (i.e., best practices, policies and procedures for operating and managing in a 100% virtual environment in accordance with the founder of the discipline).” Absent any one of these three criteria, an organization shall not be deemed to be a virtual organization.

Now that you have a very slight sense of The New Virtual Organization World, let me share with you my vision of this new world and how it will have a transformative effect on human evolution in the centuries and millennia to come.

Global and Widespread Adoption of Virtual Organization Aptitude Assessment for All Personnel

Whether you work for a mom-and-pop organization, one of the largest corporations in the world, a non-governmental organization (NGO) or major nonprofit organization, a governmental entity, or an educational institution, advances in virtualization technologies and social and collaborative tools and services are forcing all organizations to consider how to become more efficient and productive in a virtual environment.

However, as many human resource executives and hiring managers have already discovered, working in a virtual environment is fraught with a number of dangers and significant challenges and, therefore, is not suitable for everyone. The million-dollar question then becomes, “Besides using my gut feelings, flipping a coin, or giving someone a chance and seeing how things work out, how can I tell whether or not a person is suitable to work in a virtual environment and where can I get that answer?”

The answer lies in Virtual Organization Recruiter, the only such service provider in the world and a company which I chair. Virtual Organization Recruiter provides, among many other virtual organization assessment solutions, a formal, standardized Virtual Organization Aptitude Assessment solution for all employers worldwide. Henceforth, employers no longer have to take a shot in the dark, cross their fingers and hope for the best; play Russian roulette or guessing games; or utilize unreliable homegrown solutions from well-meaning employees that are tantamount to “having the blind leading the blind” or “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” For the most part, these homegrown solutions typically end up being an exercise in futility and throwing money down the drain.

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The title of  next week's  article and topic of discussion on Social Media Watercooler via Google+ Hangouts On Air or WebEx will be “My Vision of The New Virtual Organization World: Global and Widespread Adoption of Employees Working in a Virtual Environment.”  So stay tuned.     

So, Where Do We Go From Here?

You have several options:

The quickest and most direct way of introducing yourself to The New Virtual Organization World is to obtain--available only through your employer or organization--your own  Virtual Organization Aptitude Assessment score. Thereupon, we’ll welcome you into The New Virtual Organization World and begin to forge the new road ahead.

RSVP now to Join me every Saturday  at our Social Media Watercooler  on Hangouts On Air or  WebEx for a weekly discussion on The New Virtual Organization World.   This Saturday’s topic of discussion will focus on this article.      

Join me on The New Virtual Organization World platform on XING, so we can all actively begin to methodically and systematically shape the future of our new virtual organization world.  We’ve just begun to invite members, therefore, don’t be shy or reluctant  about being the first person to get on the dance floor.  As well, share the link with your colleagues.

If you fall within any of the following categories:  (a) the CEO or other C-Level Executive--or Board Member--of a medium size-to-large organization, (b)  a decision-maker at any medium size-to-large membership group or association, or (c)  a social network executive or group owner, then you can be of immense value by providing us with a focal point of contact in your organization who will coordinate with us on our annual "VOMI Research-Global Virtual Workforce Adoption Survey" we are conducting. In return for your assistance, I will personally forward to you and your point of contact the complimentary results of this "global virtual workforce adoption survey," including the custom results for your own organization.

If you are a mid-to-senior executive level human resources professional in a medium size-to-large organization, you can become our Official VOR Corporate Ambassador in your organization. (If your organization falls within the “small business” category, you are also welcome to throw your hat in the ring if you so choose.)   As well, we would greatly appreciate your assistance in coordinating our annual "VOMI Research-Global Virtual Workforce Adoption Survey."  

If you are either a high-level executive in government, the military-intelligence-defense community, law enforcement, and academia or a high-level executive with very strong ties to the aforementioned and would like to introduce them to The New Virtual Organization World, then join us as a Global Ambassador, a prestigious lifetime appointment on the Global Ambassadors Committee of the VOMI Global Think Tank and Advisory Board.  

If you are a high-level executive in any occupation from anywhere in the world, become a member of one of the committees of VOMI Global Think Tank and Advisory Board.   The New Virtual Organization World needs you!

If you are a tenured professor, corporate executive, or government official and would like to use some of your sabbatical leave time in order to introduce yourself to The New Virtual Organization World, then have your employer send you on a 90-day virtual organization sabbatical at VOMI Virtual Organization Academy.

If you’d just like to follow up with me directly on anything that you’ve just read and would like to request a videoconference only, send me a Google+ or LinkedIn contact request to chairman@virtualorganizationinstitute.com

To be kept updated on the latest developments in The New Virtual Organization World, join me here effective February 1, 2014.   

The bottom line:  It's a collaborative effort which requires all hands on deck.

About Article:   This article is an excerpt from my lengthy 27-page white paper titled “My Vision of The New Virtual Organization World.”   This method of partial and methodical dissemination of the content to the public at large is designed to facilitate the weekly assimilation, discussion and further exploration of each topic of my vision covered in the paper on Social Media Watercooler via Google+ Hangouts On Air or WebEx.   So, stay tuned for next week’s article and topic of discussion titled “My Vision of The New Virtual Organization World: Global and Widespread Adoption of Employees Working in a Virtual Environment.”