In technologies for collaboration and cooperation I looked at how the differences between structured/informal and goal/opportunity oriented activities influence the design of the work/learning environment. Work Teams need to get things done. Filed under: SocialLearning , Work. --> via jarche.com. Permalink. MORE >>

StevenBJohnson -  How research works in an age of social networks  (or at least how it works for me)  [highly recommended post #PKM]. Very few of the key links came from the traditional approach of reading a work and then following the citations included in the endnotes. ” via @SebPaquet. Wells” via @iain2008. MORE >>

In fact, he focused on describing, and quite nicely, I must add as well, five different principles for collaborative tools that work in any context, in any environment: Build pointers to people. which are mostly labour based, from the quantum orgs, which are mostly knowledge work based. event of events. Event , a.k.a. e2conf. MORE >>

What’s important for managers is that this also works the other way around. We create complicated systems by first designing the parts, and then putting them together. This works well for mechanical things, like buildings, watches and Quattro Stagioni pizzas. We lose it if we try to micro-manage knowledge work. MORE >>

The PC forever changed how knowledge work is carried out; was instrumental in reinvigorating American industrial productivity; generated huge amounts of entrepreneurship, innovation, and wealth; and served as the initial access point to the Internet for most of us. It was a great run. Last year, it was 18.9%. What are yours? MORE >>