Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness

Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness
Inquiry and learning into social networks, organizational network analysis, and the relationships among people and systems in complex organizations and networks.

Thursday, January 08, 2004

Rather more related than less

I had a great lunch today, connecting with two former colleagues from my Digital years. Jon Parsons and Mark deVries are both at XYenterprise now, and Jon has just discovered LinkedIn. We talked about linkages, social software, and blogs.

This evening, I had the following email from Mark, which reminded me of his ability to twist just the wry bit of humor into his observations:

Thought you'd like to know -- I googled you and followed a link to byeday:
http://www.byeday.net/patti.htm

and from there another:
http://www.byeday.net/sna/index.html

Both of those point to your blog this way:

Networks, Complexity, and Relatedless

I would have thought you'd accentuate the more positive side of your analysis. :-)

I had to stare at his note for a long time before seeing it! (Needless to say, my web site has been corrected!)

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Wednesday, January 07, 2004

It's all about people and networks

Catching up on a few blogs (until I get my RSS thing happening) and found that Erik van Bekkum has nominated his blog and community of the year. His blog of the year award goes (deservedly!) to Denham Grey, whose insights and thinking alway move me to thinking more. Denham is also consistently responsive to my queries and questions. Good choice, Erik!

He gives the community of the year award to the AOK network, which is so ably orchestrated by Jerry Ash, with help from his core community members and ezine writers Jack Vinson, John Barrett, Tom Godfrey and Noreen Kelly. (I felt really privileged and honored to join the parade of stars on AOK in 2003.)

Well done, Erik!

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Friday, January 02, 2004

New Year's Resolution

Not a resolution exactly, but a note I made during a conversation this afternoon. When I need to focus, this could my mantra:

Technology and networks make new things possible.

(This was from Paul Trevithick, a serial [software products] entrepreneur who is going to make some seriously good things.)

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Thanks, IKM !

A very unexpected end-of-the year gift came from Eric Lesser at IBM's Knowledge and Organizational Performance Forum: a farewell gift, actually, the book Creating Value with Knowledge: Insights from the IBM Institute for Knowledge-based Organizations. The Institute began life as the IKM (Institute for Knowledge Management) over five years ago.

The book includes contributions from the Institute leaders and researchers themselves, including Larry Prusak, Eric Lesser, Rob Cross, and David Snowden. This book synthesizes some of the best thinking by from the IKM. The book is timely tribute. In the accompanying letter, I read that the institute has folded its wings, and flies no more. This was not a surprise, as the heart has been gone for some time (some would say it has always been endangered by its host, IBM).

In a personal note to Eric Lesser, I applauded his facilitation and leadership throughout the tenure of the IKM. I was privileged (thanks to my Nortel management) to participate as an IKM consortium member in 2001. That was a year of tremendous learning and growth for me, and the work I do today reflects the commitment of the IKM to bring its members to the bleeding edge in knowledge management thinking and approaches (social network analysis! complexity! partnerships and alliances!) as well as practical tool kits for COPs and much, much more.

These auld acquaintance will ne're be forgot (they are in my network!); to them, I salute the new year.

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