Tweet Sydney’s inaugural Social Innovation BarCamp went well yesterday. The day kicked off with an opening talk by the Hon. Bob Carr, who kindly gave his time to support this event. Throughout the day we had some amazing networking and discussion sessions focused on creating sustainable futures and directing innovation towards social good. We also [...]
Entries Tagged as 'collaboration'
Knowledge, convenience and findability (thanks @KerrieAnne)
June 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet This amusing cat picture was suggested by my buddy @KerrieAnne as a Caturday candidate – it’s from a post by Nick Milton titled You wont use it if you can’t find it – findability in KM. This struck me as: (a) one very cute cat; (b) one very important issue; and (c) one of [...]
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Ownership, new ideas and openness
June 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · future, ideas
Tweet We see much discussion of the openness and collaborative nature of the web 2.0 world. However, many of the challenges facing us as a result of this new world relate to ownership of virtual goods. There are longstanding conventions that enable us to sort out who owns property in the real world and some [...]
Tags: business·collaboration·hyperconnectivity·innovation·law·social media·web 2.0
Libraries for the future
May 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · ideas
Tweet I spent most of my youth and childhood hanging about in public libraries and reading their books. In fact I blame libraries for most of my quirks these days, since it was there that I was exposed to dangerous ideas from philosophers, historians and fiction authors. The local, school and state libraries provided a [...]
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Being real
March 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · community, ideas
Tweet As a child I read a story where the main character wanted to be a ‘real boy’ and not just a wooden puppet. And this choice between being a real person – who connects with other people and things in an open and organic way – and being a puppet – driven by fear [...]
Real world social values and social networking
March 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · ideas
Tweet Social media and social networking do not reduce the need for good social skills. Rather, the disconnection from physical presence in online communication makes social skills (what some call EQ) even more critical. Some of the recent fracas rebounding across Twitter are a good example of this – covered well by various people including [...]
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International Women's Day 2010 #IWD
March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · community, ideas
Tweet It is fascinating to note on this International Women’s Day that one of our major newspapers has an article titled “Gender pay gap shows no sign of abating” The gender pay gap can cost women up to $1 million over a lifetime * Women earn 17pc less than men * Pay inequality worth $1m [...]
Not just Twitter, most conversation is meaningless babble
February 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet It’s not really meaningless babble anyway! And this is not necessarily a bad thing. Most conversation is not important for the words we speak. Instead it is the act of being present to the other person and giving attention that gives most conversations their true value. Some experts term this social grooming. It also [...]
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Positive thinking versus positive action
February 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet There is a difference between merely engaging in positive thinking and undertaking positive action. On its own thinking is merely an interior act, and only when connected to positive actions does it create new realities. Look at issues like slavery, women’s rights, democracy. Changes in each of these were fueled by anger channeled towards [...]
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5 reasons crowdsourcing is stupid
January 4th, 2010 · 5 Comments · ideas
Tweet Crowdsourcing is very trendy these days and is touted as the answer to many of the ills of poor design and the need to reduce costs. In these cash strapped days any way to make innovation better-cheaper-faster is extremely desirable. But crowdsourcing is just one of the many tools we have at our disposal, [...]
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