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Enterprise2open bookmarked on 2009-08-27 socialmedia innovation creativity enterprise20 organizations networks communication

Patti Anklam collects some good links (to online "paper" media) and ponders the changing nature of creativity, stimulus and innovation in social networks. Patterns and tasks aren't new (homogenity rarely breeds new ideas, being broad loosens the focus) as are the potential structural solutions (connecting disparate networks with knowledge brokers, importing, promoting and adapting ideas, the need for boundary-spanning importing of ideas ...) - but like Paula comments it's a sort of canary to see if we're doing our internal social networking (or our hanging out on the social media scene) right.

  • If you have a “closed” network, where everyone pretty much knows or knows about each other. A good aspect of this connectivity is that the network can serve as a filter — multiple tweets or retweets about a topic link usually means it’s worth following — and its possible to generate a common language. However, it’s not likely that the richest source of creativity — two unlikely ideas coming together — will occur. You need (or the organization needs) to have connections outside the group. As Burt puts it (using one of my favorite phrases ever, the title of this blog), “People who live in the intersection of social worlds ‘are at higher risk of having good ideas.”

This link has been bookmarked by 3 people . It was first bookmarked on 25 Aug 2009, by Max Rohde.

  • 26 Oct 09
    christophe_icd
    Christophe ICD

    (...) The most compelling research examples in the importance of diversity in networks comes from Ronald Burt, whose books Structural Holes and Brokerage and Closure look at the structure of networks and the positions of individuals in the network. A structural hole represents a person or group who enjoys a singular position between two or more other groups. This person can have competitive advantage by being able to broker information between the two groups.

    Ronald Burt

  • 27 Aug 09
    enterprise2open
    enterprise2open links

    Patti Anklam collects some good links (to online "paper" media) and ponders the changing nature of creativity, stimulus and innovation in social networks. Patterns and tasks aren't new (homogenity rarely breeds new ideas, being broad loosens the focus) as are the potential structural solutions (connecting disparate networks with knowledge brokers, importing, promoting and adapting ideas, the need for boundary-spanning importing of ideas ...) - but like Paula comments it's a sort of canary to see if we're doing our internal social networking (or our hanging out on the social media scene) right.

    socialmedia innovation creativity enterprise20 organizations networks communication

    • If you have a “closed” network, where everyone pretty much knows or knows about each other. A good aspect of this connectivity is that the network can serve as a filter — multiple tweets or retweets about a topic link usually means it’s worth following — and its possible to generate a common language. However, it’s not likely that the richest source of creativity — two unlikely ideas coming together — will occur. You need (or the organization needs) to have connections outside the group. As Burt puts it (using one of my favorite phrases ever, the title of this blog), “People who live in the intersection of social worlds ‘are at higher risk of having good ideas.”
  • 25 Aug 09
    max_rohde
    Max Rohde

    Serendipity

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