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Communities of practice facilitate the sharing of ideas in the US government
Submitted by George Por on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 10:49.
from the "Open Government: Committed to Changing How Things Work" section of the
OPEN GOVERNMENT : A Progress Report to the American People (.pdf)
"The Administration is... developing 'communities of practice'
Boosting collective intelligence with the increased velocity of iterations
Submitted by George Por on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 07:24.Last night, working with a client on co-developing (with the hosting team) the design for the upcoming, Learning Day of her community of practice, I received by email her next iteration of the design, within hours that I sent her mine. Observing the broader implications of our exchange inspired this blog entry.
Beyond social media, focus on social strategy!
Submitted by George Por on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 20:37.We are living in the time of a bold surge in expressive capability, individual and collective. Never before we had that many people, communities, and networks, engaged in many-to-many communications. Social creativity became the driving force of productivity and evolution. A new historical era has dawned on us, with implications still far from being grasped. (The phrase "bold surge in expressive capability" was inspired by @ClayShirky via @KenCamp).
Corporate Social Responsibility and the global financial crisis
Submitted by George Por on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 08:03.In response to a question about CSR in crisis time, posted in an online forum of an upcoming conference that I co-host, I wrote:
Meeting of Minds: a "Pro Action Europe" event co-hosted by George Pór, Oct 1-2
Submitted by George Por on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 17:04.If you have a wide-ranging curiosity about and willingness to embrace change, and are convinced that today’s complex, interconnected, globalized challenges require to discover new approaches, then join Pro Action Europe members, partners and facilitators (Otto Laske, Jan de Vish, Luc Hoebeke, George Pór, Rainer von Leoprechting) in an action-oriented, collaborative inquiry into thriving in turbulent times.