Archive for the ‘Collaboration’ Category

Technology For Communities

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 24, 2005
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The guys (and gal) at CPsquare have created a new blog which will feature discussions about how technology can support communities of practice. Etienne’s original …

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Simple rules for CoP self-organisation

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 20, 2005
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Communities of practice are often regarded, with good reason, as self-organising social systems. I was wondering the other day whether some simple rules for a …

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Tourists not lurkers

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 18, 2005
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Sue Huckson of the National Institute of Clinical Studies pointed out to me the other day just how negative the term ‘lurker’ is and suggested that …

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Short article on the knowledge management threat posed by an aging workforce

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 10, 2005
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CIO magazine recently published an article describing the now well-known argument that organisations will lose significant knowledge as baby boomers retire. There is reference to …

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How should I respond to comments?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 1, 2005
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I’ve been thinking about how to best develop a conversation on my blog. So far when someone has made a comment I’ve read it and …

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A community of practice coordinator talks about cultivating her practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 25, 2005
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Farida Hasanali works at APQC and coordinates their communities of practice. She has written a series of interesting posts from a practitioner’s perspective. Farida covers …

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Similarity between characteristics of a complex adaptive system and a wicked problem

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 25, 2005
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I’ve just been reading about wicked problems and I’m struck by the similarities between the characteristics of a complex system and how Rittel and Webber …

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Gareth Morgan’s 15% concept

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 20, 2005
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In our work to design complexity-based interventions our aim has been to create small initiatives, which in themselves are designed to address specific issues, that …

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The relevance of the open source model for communities of practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 17, 2005
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I totally agree with Mitch Kapor’s when he says: “Open source heralds a global paradigm shift in social and economic value creation of enormous proportions, …

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The role of free will in social complexity–does it exist?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 16, 2005
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Dave Snowden frequently says: “Humans are not ants. We have ‘free will’ and can impose order on an otherwise complex system.” This sounded like a sound …

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