March 2005 archives

March 22, 2005 by Patti

Network Types and Domains of Sense Making

The research by Rob Cross, Leigh Weiss, and Jeanne Liedtke, presented at Leading in a Connected World last fall has been published by the Harvard Business Review: “A Practical Guide to Social Networks,” by Rob Cross and Jeanne Liedtka of UVA, and Leigh Weiss of McKinsey. It’s a very useful guide to how different network [...]

March 13, 2005 by Patti

People stuff and knowledge

Packing up for the second time in three weeks, I am lightening my desk. A sticky-note surfaces with a note I took from a conversation with Kate Ehrlich (always an inspiration to me!). “knowledge is at the intersection of stuff and people …. people need to share interpretation as well as data.” I’ll have to [...]

March 11, 2005 by Patti

Microsoft and Groove

David Coleman’s Collaborative Strategies arrived in the inbox this morning with the news of Microsoft’s acquisition of Groove. The commentary is very good. Lots to think about. Actually it makes me think of meetings at Microsoft I sat through in 1995/1996 while I was still in Professional Services at Digital Equipment Corporation, listening to MS [...]

March 10, 2005 by Patti

Catching up with SNA events and Cynefin

I’m back from Belize, and not terribly happy about it. It’s already snowed once since we got back and another storm is due tomorrow. It’s hard to get back into the slush of things. Fortunately, Bruce Hoppe’s blog keeps me really up to date on happenings in social network analysis. I’m going to cede the [...]