May 2007 archives

May 28, 2007 by Patti

All communities are networks

Dave Snowden, picking up on a question posed on an email list about whether all networks were communities blogged a set of assertions about networks and complexity. His assertions are very similar to those that I outline in Net Work: If it’s a network, you can draw it. Every network has an underlying purpose and [...]

May 28, 2007 by Patti

Gartner recommends social network analysis for innovation

More evidence for organizational network analysis going mainstream (thanks toValdis for the link) Message #1 (of 4) from Gartner’s annual IT/Expo is: Social network interaction will become the engine for innovation. Master it. The four messages “constitute the cornerstone of IT change and opportunity.” What’s interesting is that there is not much IT required: Gartner [...]

May 17, 2007 by Patti

Storytelling and Business Narrative

We’re starting a three or four part inquiry at Gennova about business narratives and storytelling (I’m on the hook for some conversation-starting content with my colleagues Bruce Hoppe and Barbara Kivowitz). I’ve been scouting out a bit on the web (lots of Steve Denning, Dave Snowden, and Anecdote, of course). But I’ve also been thinking [...]

May 10, 2007 by Patti

The Unconference is Open Space

Thanks to Jenny Ambrozek for pointing me to a great article on the “unconference” just published in Business Week. It seems that the participative nature of Web 2.0 has leaked into the face-to-face realm and met up with the Open Space method developed by Harrison Owen. The article describes a common technique at these unconferences: [...]