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10 Nov 09

Dunbar’s Number and the Future of Communications

  • The asymmetrical and casual nature of social networks is allowing humans to engage in what Robin Dunbar has termed “social grooming” with increasingly larger groups — without investing increasingly larger amounts of time.
  • Dunbar argues that the number of people with whom humans can maintain a relationship is a function of neocortical size.
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Seth Godin Misunderstands Dunbar's Number, And Stubs His Toe - /Message

  • Dunbar's Number represents the largest stable social group, 150 people more or less, where all the members not only know each other, but understand how each member is related to the others, and the nature of their social interactions.
  • Our limit is the 150-to-the-150th connections involved in a tight and bounded social network.

Seth's Blog: Dunbar's Number isn't just a number, it's the law

  • Dunbar postulated that the typical human being can only have 150 friends. One hundred fifty people in the tribe.
14 Aug 09

Library clips :: I don’t create communities, I create online spaces! :: August :: 2009

  • voluntarily
  • Communities form and emerge naturally. They can be encouraged and facilitated; But they can’t be engineered and determined.
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Library clips :: Team-based CoPs compared to cross-functional CoPs :: March :: 2009

  • Communities of Practice typically are a group of people coming together to share and learn about a common interest; as well as building a voluntary output of materials. These are usually not driven by management, instead participation is voluntary, and traditionally the goal is about learning and building capabilities rather than performing tasks.

  • Anyway here is a comparison in dynamics between Teams and CoPs.






















     

    Team

    CoP
    Purpose

     


    Achieve an outcome (task) or provide a service/product


    Explicit processes/standards


     


    Explicit timelines, tasks and goals


     

     


    Shared area of interest 

    (organic growth)


    Learning and sharing

    (rather than completing a task)


    No expected time limit
    Members

     


    Defined roles

    (but value team success)

     


    Informal roles

    (not all contributors)


    Core group

    (but people come and go)


    Experienced members earn greater status


     
    Manage

     


    Explicit leader or manager

    (others on equal footing)


     


    		 Community Coordinator

    (others on equal footing)
    Participation

     


    Required participation



    Expected reciprocity


    High interdependency

    (can’t succeed without each other) 


     

     


    Encourage participation and enthusiasm


    Power Law Distribution

Library clips :: Team-based communities : Transparency and Crowdsourcing for a more cohesive workplace :: March :: 2009

  • Transparency is such a key factor to a more effective workplace…decisions become more relevant as other groups are able to listen in and intervene or make suggestions before a decision is made.

Library clips :: Team-based communities :: February :: 2009

  • As mentioned the most natural types of online communities are the one’s that are *pure* communities of practice. That is, cross-functional people (perhaps in different offices) that have a common interest, and want a space to leverage each others know-how.
  • “If a community has value it will form and the technology now allows that.”

Library clips :: How relevant are communities of practice in a network age? :: February :: 2009

  • But again, I won’t hold my breath, as we are now seeing lots of companies and services using a Twitter account for news and support. As that’s where the people are at, you don’t have to shift to another space to engage in something else.
  • but since each individual blogger decides where to turn their focus, and what other blogs to comment on, bloggers are members of many groups at the same time. More importantly, the structure of blogging supports that model directly. In a group forum, you are a member of that one group, and not a member of any others: the fact that you may be a member of other groups is not explicitly supported.”
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Library clips :: Online communities : Bottom-up requests :: March :: 2009

  • What I mean by this is people who want to create a community fill in a request form (Bottom-up request), we consult with them to suit their needs and offer some community consultation, and then create their community (Top-down creation).

  • The reason for this post is, although our method is Top-Down *creation*, do not confuse this with Top-Down *request*.


    What I mean is that our communities are requested bottom-up (Bottom-up request),

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24 Mar 09

Library clips :: The top-down and bottom-up creation of enterprise communities, and wikis :: December :: 2008

  • I have had requests for wikis that don’t fit into any existing communities, but these will have to wait. Just like blogs and forums, a community member has to request a new wiki in their community.
  • When it comes to wikis, well I think users need to create this at will, bottom-up all the way…keep in mind I’m not saying this from experience.
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