Value Network Analysis (VNA) is one of the sense-making tools that I emphasize in my book, Net Work . The units of analysis in a VNA are (1) a role, for example, technical writer, software developer, or end user and (2) exchanges. Connections among roles represent exchanges of value that are either tangible deliverables (proposals, contracts, invoices, payments) or intangible (reputation, trust, well-being). I have had the privilege of working with and learning from its inventor, Verna Allee , and have internalized the mapping of value exchanges into my consulting practice.

Cross: The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations David Knoke: Social Network Analysis (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) John P Scott: Social Network Analysis: A Handbook Martin Kilduff: Social Networks and Organizations Linton C. Freeman: The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science Wouter de Nooy: Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences)

The report itself, Value of Social Network -- A Large-Scale Analysis on Network Structure Impact to Financial Revenue of Information Technology Consultants , provides detail on their findings – for those interested in these issues it’s well worth a read. As companies are increasingly connected in how they work, these drivers will play an increasingly large role in organizational performance. For years now I have been trying to get the message out to senior executives that effective social networks are critical to business performance . By now that is well understood, in

Re-Place-ing Space: The Roles of Place and Space in CollaborativeSystems Steve Harrison* and Paul Dourish+ *Xerox Palo Alto Research Center +Rank Xerox Research Centre, Cambridge Lab (EuroPARC) harrison@parc.xerox.com, dourish@europarc.xerox.com This is a draft of a paper which subsequently appeared in the Proceedings of CSCW96 (pub. Next, we will introduce the related notion of place, andcompare their roles in existing systems and consequences for futuredesigns. ACM). Abstract Many collaborative and communicative environments use notions of``space and spatial organisation to facilitate and structureinteraction.

The next frontier for me will be cognitive task analysis. Everyday we tell those closest to us (our family, friends, colleagues) about what happened to us: today, yesterday, last week. Occasionally we'll reminisce about the old days but for those we know well what's worth recounting, what's remarkable, is happening on a daily basis. We don't even need to tell the whole story because the people we know well have

Matt’s Musings …what’s inside my head? Home Books Presentations Who is Matt? What’s my scene — user roles and needs in social computing Do you allow people to comment, review, rate and ask questions on your website’s articles? My client though, has until recently, thought of their users in the same way they do their print publications. This has meant that their market segmentation is broken down into 3 (non-mutually exclusive) roles: those that use the website, those who read print-publications

New Report from Carol Rozwell cites value network analysis as a key business discipline A new Gartner report on Pattern-Based Strategy points to network analysis as a key business discipline. "Work quot;CIOs, IT professionals and business managers need to look to social network analysis to achieve a Pattern-Based Strategy." Gartner has identified three quot;Work is routinely conducted among employees, business partners and customers without a clear understanding of the positions that people play in the social network or a quantification of the value exchanges that occur," said Carol Rozwell, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner [pictured]. "CIOs,

Two basic value network patterns are visualized in the application: the Standard Role Based Value Network and the Collaborative Value Network of individuals involved in an activity. The Role based value network shows the actual value contributing roles that people play to get the work done. role can be filled by one person or hundreds, depending on the scale of the activity. Trace the development path of complex interactions with the ValueNetworks.com application ValueNetworks.com reveals the hidden story of human interactions that support any given business activity.

BRENNER: The housing bubble needs to be understood in relation to the succession of asset price bubbles that the economy has experienced since the middle 1990s, and especially role of the U.S. I strongly recommend this interview with Robert Brenner as a must read for understanding the current crisis. It’s really chockfull of important insights.

Notable Quotables As people apply the enormous power of value networks and value network analysis they enjoy telling the world about their discovery. Employers will need to play a more proactive role in orchestrating the emergence of this new value network, compared to the reactive posture they have taken in the past." quot; Karl-Erik Sveiby , Author - The New Organizational Wealth Here are a few of many that are noteworthy. On Value Networks “The use of software to help transform organizational processes and create value networks