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I'd been contacted by Jenny Ambrozek a month or so ago, asking if I had content to contribute to an upcoming Collective Intelligence presentation she was giving for the Knowledge Innovation Network (KIN). The sessions sounded interesting - and here is a summary, with her slides. - Dan Keldsen

This Flash app doesn't use realtime data, but it's an interesting aggregation and prediction of quite a lot of data sources. If you're doubting there is a business market for Consumer-facing Social Media, take a look at this app. - Dan Keldsen

It's not (just) because he's another Dan - in my opinion, he does a fantastic amount of research, and distills it into nicely consumable bits for "the rest of us." Great snapshot of his most recent work. "Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward." - Dan Keldsen

A mini-uprising occured when it was announced that Google was acquiring AppJey (makers of EtherPad). With any luck, Wave will take the best of what EtherPad offered, and fold within Wave. Personally, I prefered EtherPad for it's simplicity, speed, and lack of a walled garden/beta/preview - but of course that will change over time as Wave becomes fully public. - Dan Keldsen

Cisco has had a much longer history of interest in video than this author seems to understand, but nonetheless, interesting viewing. We're only beginning to get the power of video - not just for video professionals, but for "the rest of us." - Dan Keldsen

Incredible collection of Open Innovation presentations (slides and video), hosted by UC Berkeley and the Haas School of Business. - Dan Keldsen

If you haven't seen/heard about the SAP Gravity (lab-only at this time) demo within Google Wave, you really need to read up on this. It is, by far, the most interesting purpose-specific collaboration example I've seen, powered by the underlying "stack" of Google Wave. Interesting implications and powers of "bots" to assist process creation, troubleshooting, etc.. - Dan Keldsen

Have not (yet) read Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click by Susan Weinschenk, but this is an interesting summary. Agree that it sounds very familiar to Robert Cialdini’s work, but is also more oriented towards working online - which may make it more accessible to some. Very interesting. Influence and persuasion are incredibly important skills to master - can't say I'm there yet (and it's always ongoing), but without skill in these areas, life and work is going to be much more difficult than it should be. "Influence can be defined as the power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing them. What makes them tick? What do they care about? We need some leverage to work with when we’re trying to change how people think and behave." - Dan Keldsen

As a "Distantly Danish" guy (part of my family came from Denmark several generations ago), and longtime fan of Lego (regardless of being from Denmark), it has been heartening to see that Lego has been able to re-invent itself significantly via Mindstorms, video games, branded/licensing agreements, retail stores, etc.. Fascinating article - this looks at Lego from a "modern marketing" perspective - very Web 2.0 focused. "Five years ago, Danish toy company Lego was bleeding money to the tune of $300 million in a year. It seemed as though reality had finally caught up with a relic of a pre-video game, pre-internet era. But by last year, Lego was posting double-digit sales increases, and in the first half of 2009, sales were up by nearly a quarter, as many rivals were floundering. How did it turn around? The 77-year-old company took on a variety of marketing and operational changes that have made it look thoroughly modern. " - Dan Keldsen

Welcome to the unwired world - internet connectivity, voice, and now, energy. Never stop questioning what's possible. "Marin Soljačić couldn't sleep. The problem was his wife's Nokia cell phone. The tyrannical device beeped on the bedside table when it needed to be plugged in. It could not be disabled. Instead of taking a hammer to the phone, Soljačić marveled at the fact that this device, and billions of others like it, was sitting a few feet away from all the electricity it could ever need. Why couldn't it receive power wirelessly, just as laptops get Wi-Fi? " - Dan Keldsen

Welcome to the unwired world - internet connectivity, voice, and now, energy. Never stop questioning what's possible. "Marin Soljačić couldn't sleep. The problem was his wife's Nokia cell phone. The tyrannical device beeped on the bedside table when it needed to be plugged in. It could not be disabled. Instead of taking a hammer to the phone, Soljačić marveled at the fact that this... more... - Dan Keldsen

Wow - a fantastic article/transcription. There's a reason Russell was known far and wide for his deep work in Systems Thinking. No BS, no apologies, and he is wise enough to know that he doesn't know it all. Very worth reading, and taking from theory into practice on many fronts. "Editor’s note: This article is drawn from a speech given by Russell Ackoff at a Villanova University conference honoring his lifetime of work in systems theory and practice—and celebrating his 80th birthday. In the address, Russell, who died last month at the age of 90, reflects on what he enjoyed most about being a lifelong systems thinker. This article was reprinted in The Systems Thinker by permission of Plenum Press." - Dan Keldsen

Physical materials have been rapidly reinvented and rethought in the last year. Companies are getting smarter about the consumption of energy/materials, being able to repurpose what would have been thought of as waste as a source of energy/resources, etc.. "Behind every classic of design lies some innovation in materials or fabrication. So what materials will tomorrow's brilliant new products be made from? Material Connexion, a materials library for designers, has just unveiled its inaugural MEDIUM awards, for the best materials of the year. The grand-prize winner and the 11 honorable mentions will then be shown in January at the Material Connexion showroom in New York. Here's an exclusive sneak peek of a few of those mind-bending innovations." - Dan Keldsen

New research over course of 6 years, published in December Harvard Business Review - Insead's Hal Gregersen: "Studies have shown that creativity is close to 80 percent learned and acquired," he told CNN. "We found that it's like exercising your muscles -- if you engage in the actions you build the skills." Exactly the argument we make in our Innovation Workshop - and while those "innovation muscles" may be creaky in many adults, it's always interesting to see how creative people can be in our final 10 minute exercise at the end of the day. Typical to have over 150 ideas surfaced in one exercise alone. More details on the workshop at: http://www.informationarchitected.com/service... - Dan Keldsen

A reference to our 2.0 Adoption research - Resistance is Real (and always has been, BTW) "As Enterprise 2.0 and social business technologies work their way through the Hype Cycle, the resistance to change understandably receives more attentions. A 2.0 Adoption Council study proclaims “Resistance is Real”. Culture has always been on the radar screen, now it’s right into the practitioner’s face again." - Dan Keldsen

Good to see that our work is getting wider play - above and beyond the keynote we had done live at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. Stay tuned for more on this research. "It should not surprise us that the top issue is resistance to change. Readers of this blog know that business projects of every kind suffer from issues related to poor communication, conflicting agendas across information silos, and related organizational causes of failure. A recent study from Information Architected and The 2.0 Adoption Council also describes resistance to change as the significant barrier. This compelling slide clearly summarizes that message..." - Dan Keldsen

Good (and growing) list of Google Wave bots - interesting to see how people are extending wave beyond humans and pure system-to-system mashups, to include realtime bots. - Dan Keldsen

Implications and concerns for E2.0 deployments in general, and "in the cloud" (SaaS, hosted, etc.) in particular - Dan Keldsen

Interesting holistic approach by Vale (NYSE: VALE), a mining company, has partnered with Biopalma da Amazonia S.A. to make a significant (and ultimately, total) switch to biodiesel fuel to power it's own operations. Combined with replanting to equal or exceed their carbon footprint, they are making serious investments and commitments to changing the way their business is powered. - Dan Keldsen

Open Innovation stories from General Mills - classic tale of needing to get out of your own R - Dan Keldsen

Large-scale "2.0-style" collaboration stories are somewhat difficult to find, but getting easier every week. As the research partner for Susan Scrupski's 2.0 Adoption Council, we just presented a Keynote at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco last week, some of the early findings of our initial round of research with the 10,000 employee-sized organizations that make up the majority of members in the 2.0 Adoption Council. Between Swiss Re, BAH, CSC, IBM (amongst others), the momentum seems to be building. See the post summarizing high-level findings and the presentation from our keynote at: http://www.informationarchitected.com/blog... A companion whitepaper is forthcoming, as is extended research with more details and cross-correlation. Culture and Adoption are incredibly important - successful 2.0 implementations require far more than the mere purchase and deployment of tools - the Swiss RE case sounds like a great example of 2.0 done well. - Dan Keldsen

Fascinating example of a crowdsource powered business - the secret is, volume, and yet unlike many crowdsourcing initiatives, the sources make money from their contributions, as does eHow as a business, by selling advertising surrounding the content (text and/or video). - Dan Keldsen

Might find my interview of @danielpink useful - 30ish minutes of goodness http://www.informationarchitected.com/blog... - Dan Keldsen

W00T! Thanks, Dan! - Hashim Warren from email

For a more in-depth interview, we cover more ground at http://www.informationarchitected.com/blog... - Dan Keldsen

@thoughtfarmer client Penn State University had some clever internal marketing for their #e20 initiative. Marketing, sales, change management - it ain't magic folks! - Dan Keldsen

Greg - ah, that's one of my favorite movies - nothing like a story that unfolds backwards and n short clips. - Dan Keldsen

A recent offering from the Cambridge Innovation Center (Cambridge, MA), is that introducion of a coworking office space, at a radically reduced price (for Boston-area at least). A phenomenon that is much more prevalent on the West Coast, this is another sign that innovation and entrepreneurship is alive and well in New England. - Dan Keldsen

This list confuses me (the criteria), and worries me (in the implication of even having a shortlist that applies across more than one use-case). You? - Dan Keldsen

Done - Hutch Carpenter

Thx Hutch, much obliged! - Dan Keldsen

Browser-based "realtime" twitter stream, based on search terms you control. Quite flexible, seems to be very stable, built with a "presentation mode" to remove all navigation extras for "live" streams in conferences, etc.. - Dan Keldsen

Possible, but not always in sync with biz model. Large consulting firms staff bench riders on projects just to get them billable again. In other sectors, managers guard stars and offer lower performers to cross-functional efforts. Seen it too many times. - Larry Hawes

No worries - for big professional services firms, definitely see the problems you're talking about. "We don't have time to think, we've got a job to do!" ;) - Dan Keldsen