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.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Valdis Krebs on AOK

Valdis Krebs has just started his "Star" stint on AOK (Association of Knowledge Work). (You may have to sign up for AOK if you are not a member already.) He is collecting stories of how networking practices (or lack thereof) reveal whether companies (organizations, the US Intelligence agency) are smart or stupid. I expect it will be a rich two weeks of reading.

I've already contributed my thoughts about a terrific network practice from the late but still lamented Digital Equipment Corporation. I've written about the collaboration aspects in a couple of articles. And there are new memories, aspects of how things worked at Digital that I had not thought about for a long time. Program Offices, for one, were a staple of life at Digital. Chaos brewing in a new technology area? Lots of groups doing independent investigations? Something emerging? A program office was a structured attractor that brought diverse perspectives, talents, and knowledge together and stablized frameworks for collaboration.

Of course there is a story about how and why Digital failed, and that is probably some kind of network story as well. Later.

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