I would like to participate, Tom. Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 30, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > All: > > My Institute for Analytic Journalism is co-sponsoring this, but that aside, > the topic is key for not just scientific endeavors, but for the survival and > advancement of all organizations hoping to function in the Digital Age. > "Collaboration" here refers to work inside an organization as well as with > entities outside. > > We will limit this to ~25 participants, so let me know quickly if you would > like to attend. > > All the best, > Tom > > ================================================================================== > > On Friday September 14th we'd like to spend the day exploring the future of > collaboration - from science and models to physical settings to technological > tools to psychological frameworks to who knows what else. > > My partners and I have been involved in designing and facilitating large > group collaborative planning processes for more than 20 years. We're > basically system integrators - where collaboration includes an appreciation > for systems, design, creativity (knowledge of a creative process), behavioral > dynamics, group process, and a whole lot of other stuff. But all that is > 'old.' We'd like to bust out of some of our ways of thinking about how > collaboration works and explore new territory and potentially new ways of > approaching how people work, learn, solve problems and collaborate in person > and across time and space. > > Some of the questions to stimulate conversation during the day might include: > Where is all this social, mobile, cloud and big data trends headed? What's > next? > What's the influence of these trends on how people will collaborate? > What other trends are important and might influence how people collaborate in > the future? > How does complex adaptive systems and complexity theory play into the way > people will collaborate in the future? > What about patch theory? > What neurological research will influence the way we work and learn? > Is there a structured way to create organic, emergent behavior in groups? > What's the difference between same time, same place collaboration (face to > face) and same time different place collaboration (virtual) or different time > different place (asynchronous)? What other modes will emerge? > How would we define the landscape of collaboration (for individuals and > groups)? > What is the relationship between creativity, design and collaboration? > What are the right uses for collaboration? > When is structure required for collaboration? > When is no structure 'required' for collaboration? > What's unique about how large organizations will collaborate across time and > geography? > What tools will individuals use? > What tools will organizations use? > Is there a 'mash up' that would uniquely impact the way people work and learn? > What's the difference between collaboration for getting work done and > collaboration for learning? > What is particularly important about the 'place' where collaboration happens? > What other questions might drive conversation and/or insights? > > We'll document the results of the conversation and make that available to > everyone who attends. > > Everyone is invited! AND, please let me know if there are people that should > be invited to the conversation. Scientists? Physicists? Psychologists? > Behaviorist? Artists? Designers? SFI fellows? Please share the invitation > with anyone you feel might find value and/or have a point of view about any > of the above. > > > Date > September 14, 2012 > > Location > New Mexico History Museum > 113 Lincoln Avenue > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > (505) 476-5200 > the best entrance is on the other side of the block at 114 Washington Ave, > Santa Fe (across the street from the Inn of the Anasazi and the Hotel > Chimayo). > > Look for the sign that says: IAJ Collaboration Workshop > > > Times > 8:30 AM to 5PM (or until we have exhausted the topic) > > We'll break for lunch in there at some point and we'll have some snacks and > liquids for the day... > > Please RSVP if you have an interest or plan on attending. We look forward to > seeing you on the 14th. > > Thanks! > > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > Twitter: jtjohnson > http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] > ========================================== > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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