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ECOSYS on Social Reform: the Road Ahead

Posted in ecosystem, education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As you’ll see in this thread, a group of self-organizing innovators has put quality thought on how public collaboration can help get at the core of complex social issues. So far, we’ve been  focused on framing challenges in Public Education. The hurdles are formidable, so we’re focusing on a few specific areas, to build awareness and [...]

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In a virtual world, what do we mean by “Community”?

Posted in collaboration, culture, e20, gov20, km, tagged , , , , , , on December 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Back in the day, when tribes were really tribes, the most critical need within a community was survival. Separating from the group introduced risk. Staying close improved your chances. In some ways, little has changed. These conditions seem strangely familiar. No wonder an emotional connection often exists among the people and places of our local [...]

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Mind Maps 101

Posted in collaboration, km, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Everybody makes lists. It’s how we organize things. In fact, lately, I’ve had so many balls in the air that I’ve been making lists of lists. I guess its multi-tasking at its best. What if we could create a list of lists visually, and put them online? That’s pretty much what a Mind Map does, [...]

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On Cultures of Learning

Posted in culture, education, km, renaissance, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Since August, I’ve been on a journey. My posts have ranged from social innovation and ecosystem reform to Enterprise 2.0, the pitfalls of traditional Knowledge Management (KM), and the first inklings of a knowledge renaissance. Do you see common elements? What if we made an effort to foster cultures of learning throughout our social and [...]

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Framework for Ecosystem Change (2): Evolution

Posted in complexity, ecosystem, tagged , , , , , , , on September 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Below I introduce a framework for Ecosystem Evolution, a collaboration-based process to achieve innovation in our social ecosystems, which includes complex spaces like Healthcare and Public Education. Our thought process has been evolving since August 2009, and can be tracked in this stream. This problem-solving approach is intended to be comprehensive in its objectives and [...]

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Unraveling Complexity (the Missing Link): A new approach for solving problems in Social Ecosystems

Posted in collaboration, complexity, ecosystem, gov20, renaissance, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »

For months I’ve been reaching out to colleagues to explore barriers to collaboration, a key tool in the social innovator’s toolbox. Among those queried (and in spite of diverse backgrounds), virtually all had experienced significant barriers to collaboration over the years including silo-thinking, dated and inefficient problem solving models, cultures of control, and a strong, [...]

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Gartner on the “Sea Change in KM” (some takeaways)

Posted in collaboration, km, tagged , , , , , , on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Just read a great post by Carol Rozwell from Gartner on challenges in the coming “sea change” in KM (or “Knowledge Management”) enabled by Social Media.  It’s about the transformation in how we approach collaboration and innovation in the work place.  She raises concerns that many are still trapped in the old 1990′s KM paradigm. [...]

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Twitter Gets Down to Business: Unlocking 1:n Collaboration for the Enterprise

Posted in collaboration, e20, social media, twitter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Companies seeking to innovate want to spark collaboration, but the path is often elusive. Twitter is positioned to help change this.  It’s founders have recently started talking about opening up microblogging in the commercial space, per a recent interview w/ Biz Stone. But first, there’s a hurdle.  Companies must start to trust employees to communicate openly [...]

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Twitter’s Missing Link: use of Hashtags (re: Context)

Posted in social media, twitter, tagged , , , , on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The first time people see Twitter there’s a negative reaction. I felt it too. There are too many people talking, too few people listening … and way too many haters. It looks like lots of noise. To make Twitter useful, we need to better understand and more consistently use the scheme for relating tweet content to topics. [...]

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Twitter: A New Communications Paradigm

Posted in change, collaboration, paradigm, social media, twitter, tagged , , , , , on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lot’s of interesting data and buzz about the growth of Twitter, in spite of the apparent indifference among teens and the more predictable roller coaster of Hollywood opinion. see Blog by Paul Dunay (where following comment was 1st posted) For me, it’s refreshing, at long last, to see a technology like Twitter achieve massive adoption [...]

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