TweetHow did the word get out for Tunisians to initiate large-scale protests? Social networks; though not necessarily all technology-mediated. The same happened in Egypt. If social media were not a threat, it is unlikely the government would have shut down almost all web access. Jeremy Littau says the Egyptian uprising “movement is mass, decentralized, and [...]
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TweetIt’s been a busy week, mostly on-site with a new and exciting client project. I’m still trying to get a flight home (hopefully this evening) but at least I’m able to get out my weekly Friday’s Finds. Here’s what I learned via Twitter this week. QUOTES @jackvinson “I did blogging in my KM class a [...]
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TweetThis is a first draft of putting together the case for social learning and social business. Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome. This was not rehearsed, so I know that the narration can be tightened up. I’m interested in seeing what other points could or should be added and especially if the central theme [...]
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TweetI’m on the road this week. We’re working with an interesting client and I’m doing what I love: designing new ways to work and learn more effectively. Life is good When you work for yourself, it doesn’t feel like work, just an opportunity to do better.
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TweetHere are some of things I learned via Twitter this past week [Friday's Finds]. We need to save our tigers [follow link for ways to help] by @Sumeet_Moghe “Do not cut down the forest with its tigers and do not banish the tigers from the forest; the tiger perishes without the forest and the forest [...]
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TweetHere’s an elevator pitch, in 10 sentences, for social learning, which is what really makes social business work. The increasing complexity of our work is a result of our global interconnectedness. Today, simple work is being automated (e.g. bank tellers). Complicated work (e.g. accounting) is getting outsourced. Complex and creative work is what gives companies [...]
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TweetLast year I was asked what I thought about Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0). While it’s a popular subject amongst some management theorists, there aren’t many examples of E2.0 in practice. Peter Evans-Greenwood has a good analysis of why E2.0 is not ready for mainstream business implementation due to regulatory constraints: So, I agree with naysayers that [...]
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TweetThis is the second of my conversations with Michael Cook (Organizational Development Talks: OrgDevTalk). Michael: I was thinking about the metaphor you used in responding to my question, that “social media are like new languages”, then after reflecting on that idea for a while I re-read your response and realized that you had actually said “social media [...]
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TweetFinding out how others perceive you can be an interesting professional exercise. Marketing and branding may have their place but understanding how the rest of world sees you reverses that lens. One function of Twitter that I haven’t used much is the ability to create Lists. I only have two lists, but many people seem [...]
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Tweet2005 This is a continuation of my notes from 2004 … I see that 2005 was the year I started digging deeper into PKM/Networked Learning. David Williamson Shaffer’s paper on Pedagogical Praxis: The professions as models for post-industrial education provides a theoretical model, with three case studies (biomedical negotiators, online journalists and architects using complex mathematics), [...]
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