John Smith

People who feel isolated may spread mistrust of social connections. December Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. This study is the latest in a series that Christakis and James Fowler of the University of California, San Diego have conducted to see how habits and feelings move through social networks. Their earlier studies suggested that obesity, smoking and happiness are contagious. - John Smith

In his keynote for the Spigit Customer Summit, management guru Gary Hamel discussed the Creative Economy. What is the Creative Economy? Combining descriptions from this Business Week article and Gary's keynote, here is a simple way of conceptualizing it: * Industrial Economy was based on physical capital * Information Economy was based on information * Creative Economy is based on ideas - John Smith

From James Fowler's "Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives": Uzzi found that teams made up of individuals who had never before worked together fared poorly, greatly increasing the chance of a flop. These networks were not well connected and contained mostly weak ties. At the other extreme, groups made up of individuals who had all worked together previously also tended to create musicals that were unsuccessful. Because these groups lacked creative input from the outside, they tended to rehash the same ideas that they used the first time they worked together. In between, however, Uzzi once again found a sweet spot that combines the diversity of new team members with the stability of previously formed relationship. The networks that best exhibited the small-world property were those that had the greatest success. - John Smith

Buddhism in the West, cultural habits—East and West, the Buddhist culture of community, mandala principle, masters and methods of training, training in community, training in leadership, and transmission and empowerments. - John Smith

VYGOTSKY'S DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION - John Smith

a Firefox extension for managing references. - John Smith

Spidergram - John Smith

Great resource, but try searching the ning site for this page. You only find it by using the drop-down menu under "events"! - John Smith

Official web site of the International Federation of Ex-libris Societies (FISAE) - John Smith

Jay Cross - John Smith

Poll Everywhere is a text message polling and audience response system. It is simple enough for anyone to use and flexible enough for a wide range of scenarios to interact with audiences and collect data. This blog covers its development and evolution of features and customer stories. - John Smith