http://middlezonemusings.com/spontaneous-collaboration/ It's about lessons learned... from life! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://middlezonemusings.com/spontaneous-collaboration/#comment-43 Bob Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=83#comment-43 You're right, Shawn, in calling it good luck, particularly considering this is the government we're talking about! But on the other hand, the good luck was the result of building the components and having them in place to take advantage of. With apologies to Thomas Edison and his famous quote on genius, I think it's equally true that <I>successful</I> spontaneous collaboration is one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. You’re right, Shawn, in calling it good luck, particularly considering this is the government we’re talking about! But on the other hand, the good luck was the result of building the components and having them in place to take advantage of. With apologies to Thomas Edison and his famous quote on genius, I think it’s equally true that successful spontaneous collaboration is one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

]]> http://middlezonemusings.com/spontaneous-collaboration/#comment-44 Shawn Callahan Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/?p=83#comment-44 I think you're spot on when you ask the question "can any group of people be expected to collaborate well when the chips are down? Well, call me crazy, but I think the answer is yes, if the conditions are right." Fostering resilient networks seems to be an important piece of the puzzle. The air traffic control had them in place but I would say this was good luck rather than good planning. Most people are aware of social network analysis (or its fancy new name to be more digestable to companies, organisational network analysis) and this is a good thing. Fewer people, however, know about social network stimulation which is all about creating programs which help create new, valuable social connections in a system. I think you’re spot on when you ask the question “can any group of people be expected to collaborate well when the chips are down? Well, call me crazy, but I think the answer is yes, if the conditions are right.” Fostering resilient networks seems to be an important piece of the puzzle. The air traffic control had them in place but I would say this was good luck rather than good planning. Most people are aware of social network analysis (or its fancy new name to be more digestable to companies, organisational network analysis) and this is a good thing. Fewer people, however, know about social network stimulation which is all about creating programs which help create new, valuable social connections in a system.

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