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 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'

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.

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).

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:

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.