In the previous post I reviewed a video interview with the talented Jordan Frank from Traction Software, which was on social tools and ad-hoc processes. You can’t anticipate a workflow for fixing a problem (with social tools like Teampage) you can model informal processes on the fly. Emergence by default. Enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

Exhibit 3 : A group of people sit at the bar, order drinks and chat, while others come and go as they wish. There is *always* process. Whether we plan for it or not, when humans gather process emerges. We all need time and space to process, in whatever way works for us, information, dilemmas, problems and ideas. MORE >>

OLDSMOOC was launched today and as you would sort of expect, Cloudworks crashed under the load of people attempting to join the event. got in early enough to be one of the 100 people who could view the OU hosted event – but those arriving later, or trying to get in via Youtube or Cloudworks were disappointed. was fortunate. MORE >>

Microblogging in the enterprise is a different context from the consumer web; people are doing real work and need to be able to catch important posts in the stream. But someone still has to set up the room in advance, in anticipation of the need to share, and most people will not take this step. My network (people I follow). MORE >>

Lifecycle of Emergence Using Emergence to Take Social Innovations to Scale Margaret Wheatley & Deborah Frieze, 2006 Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesnt change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover they share a common cause and vision of whats possible. MORE >>