May 2003 archives

May 22, 2003 by Patti

Small World Research — How Many Degrees?

The sociology department at Columbia University, home of Duncan Watts, social networks researcher and author of Six Degrees, has launched a project to update the findings of Stanley Milgram’s initial project that resulted in the “six degrees of separation” path length. They are inviting anyone who would like to participate to sign up at the [...]

May 22, 2003 by Patti

CPweek — Proxy Dialogues

I am missing CPweek, but not missing out on some of the gems of discovery from this meeting of CPsquare members. My CPweek colleague, Erik van Bekkum, is blogging the key dialogue points, exhanges that are occurring, and also key quotes. He has posted this terrific insight from Etienne Wenger, community of practice guru and [...]

May 18, 2003 by Patti

Gennova Group

The Gennova Group constitution was formally adopted on Friday, May 16, 2003. This network-based organization represents a breakthrough model for the development and delivery of professional services. Mark Bonchek, co-founder of Tapestry Networks, imagined that a network of independent consultants could design and operate in an innovative way that provided a trusted network of peers [...]

May 14, 2003 by Patti

Social Network Analysis Article Has Been Published!

My working paper, “Social Network Analysis for Knowledge Management”, has been published by Knowledge Management Maqazine. They have retitled it KM and the Social Network and posted it online. You do not need to be a subscriber to view it. I’d love to hear comments and questions.

May 13, 2003 by Patti

Rhythm of Business

I had a conversation for relatedness with Jeff Shuman and Jan Twombley of Rhythm of Business yesterday. They are on the leading edge of defining the field of relationship technologies, and have developed a set of methods to help companies calculate the value of relationships. By adopting the language of business and finance, they speak [...]