Conceptual Framework for Online Identity Roles I just wrapped up a final project for an aesthetics course this semester, the assignment being to create a “Database of the Self.” I chose to make the database as a representation of the roles we play in terms of how we interact with information online. The roles are overlaid on a panarchy, which shows a visualization of adaptive lifecycles. Though the evolution of every idea or meme won’t necessarily follow this specific path, (it may in fact be rhizomatic, with multiple feedback loops), this begins to flesh out what we become as nodes within an enmeshed series of networks. The cycle can be thought to begin with the “Activators,” in the lower right side of image. For an interactive version of the graphic, click here. I found this to be an interesting exercise when thinking about the impact and influence we have on the web, and how information travels. Thanks to @wildcat2030 for inspiration from Friendships in Hyperconnectivity mindmap and to @gavinkeech for visual design. Like this:
Blended Value How to Write a Manifesto: 6 Steps Edit Article Sample Manifesto Edited by Nicole Willson, VermontGal, Jenna, Allie and 9 others A manifesto is a statement of your intentions, which can consist of only a few words or many pages of text. Its scope may be limited to a particular role or period of your life, or include your goals and aspirations for your entire life. Ad Steps 1Give some thought to what you want your life to be like. Tips Review your manifesto often and make changes when necessary. NBS: Design Thinking and Business I'm collecting quotes and references here to get an overview of who's saying what about design thinking as applied to business. The idea is still young and in development; it seems we're only now reaching the conversation stage that leads to differing points of view. I welcome suggestions for additions or corrections. —Victor Lombardi, March 2005 Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how they might be - in short, with design. This role of manager as designer is hardly mentioned in the literature, and barely acknowledged in business practice. ...Managers practice "silent design"...the many decisions taken by non-designers who enter directly into the design process, no matter how unaware they or others may be of their impact.— Angela Dumas and Henry Mintzberg, Managing the Form, Function, and Fit of Design, 1991 Today's markets are increasingly unstable and unpredictable.
Good Question! The Eight Best Questions We Got While Raising Ven Editor’s note: Guest writer Glenn Kelman is the CEO of Redfin, an online real estate broker that seeks to give consumers the information and tools once limited to real estate agents. Previously, he was a co-founder of Plumtree Software, which had a public offering in 2002 but is now part of Oracle. Below he shares the best questions from investors during a recent fund raising. For startups, Christmas comes in November. Redfin is one of the companies that just closed a round. VCs are good at asking questions. Here are the questions VCs asked Redfin that changed how we think about our business. 1. 2. Good question. 3. For us, this meant explaining what Redfin made this summer on a single home purchase, with a per-transaction account of what we spent on marketing to get customers ($27), on local data ($153), on customer service ($2,906) and so on. We knew our margin before, but hadn’t broken the numbers down into their most easily handled form. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Way.
to be published in: R. Trappl (ed.) (1996): Cybernetics and Systems '96 (World Science, Singapore?)Francis Heylighen & Johan Bollen Center "Leo Apostel", Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels Belgium email: fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be, jbollen@vnet3.vub.ac.be Abstract If society is viewed as a super-organism, communication networks play the role of its brain. 1 Introduction It is a recurrent idea that the whole of humanity, the system formed by all people together with their channels of exchange, can be viewed as a single organism: the `super-being' [Turchin, 1977] or `metaman' [Stock, 1993]. Yet, there is at least one domain where integration seems to be moving full speed ahead: the development of ever more powerful communication media. In organisms, the evolution of the nervous system is characterized by a series of metasystem transitions producing subsequent levels of complexity or control [Turchin, 1977; Heylighen, 1995, 1991b]. 2 The Web as an Associative Memory
Transformative Governance How To Write Your Manifesto In 5 Steps | Grammarly Simply put, a manifesto is a statement of ideals and intentions. One of the most famous examples is The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (the word is right there in the name!), but there are many others. The Declaration of Independence is a manifesto. So is Dr. According to The Art of Manliness (a site that we promise can be enjoyed by ladies, too), "A manifesto functions as both a statement of principles and a bold, sometimes rebellious, call to action. Because of their power to provoke change, manifestos are often embraced by creative and political types, but you don't have to be a writer, artist, or revolutionary to draw up your own personal manifesto. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Keep in mind that your priorities and goals will change over time.
35 Critical Thinking Strategies - Innovatio by Mike Myatt Critical thinking skills are not a luxury for senior executives - they're a survival skill. In today's hi-tech business world we have become reliant on any number of available business tools to help us achieve better results and to perform at higher levels. We attend classes, workshops, webcasts, conferences etc., and we read books on how to master everything from the newest software application to the latest management theory. Most professionals intellectually understand that learning is a life-long endeavor, but the reality is that many executives and entrepreneurs invest very little in the development of the human mind once they have finished their formal education. Developing sound critical thinking skills are a requirement for CEOs and entrepreneurs. Paul, Binker, Jensen, and Kreklau (1990) developed a list of 35 dimensions of critical thought. Affective Strategies
Wiki tools - CPsquare From [[ CPsquare]], the community of practice on communities of practice. Definition / description of a Wiki A Wiki is a special kind of web server that allows its users to freely create and edit Web page content using a Web browser. Wikis support an internal hyperlink system allowing pages to easily be linked together. This allows users to both change content on a page and the overall structure of interlinked pages. Wikis can be set up so that anyone in the world can edit a page or so that only specific people are permitted to read or edit a page (login required and/or password protected). Wikis for Communities of Practice Wikis are very flexible in that users can both add, change content, add new pages, and change the connections between them. Wikis are designed to de-emphasize individual authorship, allowing any user to edit any text. Finally, because of a reduced emphasis on individual authorship, wikis may also change a group's experience of themselves. Video intro
The Global Brain, the Semantic Web, the Singularity and 360-2020 consciousness to create the Web of WE: socially-voiced co-creation - un knol de 刘Twain Video Introduction F irstly, thank you for your interest and I hope readers will contribute their own considered analysis and gut intuitions here intelligently, regardless of whether or not they agree with these postulations and the presentation of them. Secondly, I’m looking forward to our interactions and building upon this model together. Thirdly, I have the flu whilst I write this so my own brain may not be optimally functioning! Nevertheless, I promised a knowledge share and here it is. This post is an initiating conversation in a continuum of “negotiations of intellect” (discourse) I’m engaging in with others interested in the subject matter, as well as within myself. It is not intended to be the definitive, static or absolute end-game version, nor indeed the academic / geek version. I decided to start this posting today, 26 November, on my father's birthday. It’s for this myriad of interconnected reasons I’m interested in the Global Brain: personal, parental and professional.
Bridging The Gap Is the growing gap between the Financial Director and the Finance department creating a gulf between strategic objectives and operational deliverables? Financial Director’s Vision The growing realisation of the strategic importance of IT to an organisation is reflected in the Financial Director’s role in specifying new financial software. Integration with other systems, proactive report generation and the use of alerts all form part of the overall vision to transform the business. As FDs increasingly appreciate, there are huge opportunities for reducing cost and improving efficiency through automation. However, why are these corporate objectives rarely achieved in full? There is a growing belief that the problem lies, in part, in the developing gulf between the system specifiers and those tasked with overseeing the actual implementation, particularly in larger organisations. Accountants’ reality Indeed, the problem is not just one of communicating the strategic vision. Business implication
How to Spread Your Ideas: Write a Manifesto Years ago, I started Wrecked for the Ordinary, an online magazine for spiritual misfits, with some friends and colleagues. Wrecked for the Ordinary The basic idea was this: when people have a paradigm-shifting experience, they feel “wrecked” or “ruined.” And that’s alienating. These experiences leave people feeling isolated and even a little weird. So, we (some colleagues, friends, and I) wanted to do something about it. We knew that we had something to say. We were wrong. We started Wrecked with the intent of conveying the following message: It’s okay to be weird.You’re not alone. We launched a website where people could share stories about their personal experiences with being “wrecked.” Three years later, I feel like there is still something left to be said. The stories were pieces of a larger puzzle. So, I wrote a manifesto. A manifesto is a great way to condense your message into a short, all-encompassing format. As a point of reference, here are a few different types of manifestos:
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