Archive for the 'collaboration' Category

Virtual Worlds Facilitation Role
Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Catching up on coverage of last weeks Metaverse U Conference in Stanford I was struck by Millions Of Us founder Reuben Steiger recommendation to read The Future of Work by Thomas Malone (2004). For those unfamiliar with earlier works by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy or a number of organisational thinkers it serves as a useful [...]

AMD Open Architecture Challenge
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

One of our mantras here at Mobil Avenue is that social computing is not about the technology but rather what people actually do with the technology. A great example of this is the Open Architecture Challenge. It was conceived by Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architect for Humanity, and supported by AMD’s 50X15 initative.
Three community partners [...]

The 2008 HBR List
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Every year HBR publishes The HBR List which identifies breakthrough ideas for business leaders to consider for the coming year. HBR Senior Editor Lew McCreary speaks about 4 of the 20 ideas in this video interview.
It was good to see The Gamer Disposition by John Seely Brown & Douglas Thomas, Making Alternate Reality the [...]