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Creative Collaboration - "We-think"

jim wilde — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:17:14 +0000

There's a new online book from Charles Leadbeater about creative collaboration. I snagged a couple of paragraphs from his site/blog because it jibes with what we've been yaking about, less eloquently, here, here, and here for the last three plus years. "People want to be players not just spectators, part of the action, not on the sidelines. "

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Your job, km, and other people

jim wilde — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:38:18 +0000

Knowledge management on the job.

One of the most thoughtful bloggers, Dave Pollard, on knowledge managemt (km) and adaptive learning has an interesting post. Here's an abbreviated version but do check out his full post. FWIW Dave's blog is loaded with great stuff on KM, so don't stop with he latest post.

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Government Blogging and Citizen Influence

jim wilde — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:59:26 +0000

"Government Blogging" by Shel Israel on red couch.

"The simple answer is to be closer with their constituents.

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E-comm and Social Network Sites

jim wilde — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:01:44 +0000

Creating Social Network Sites and Community Driven ones for E-comm.

Lately, we've been working with retailers on setting up community based sites, social networks, to help them engage customers. Although, the idea is not really new, think Amazon, the user marketing approach breaks new ground. What's interesting here is that the customers will be writing the product descriptions. But what's really cool is that customers, in some cases, will help set pricing. So, we'll have dynamic pricing on some products/services.

Stay tuned.

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Twelve Steps Of Business Change

jim wilde — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:48:58 +0000

These twelve steps are based on AA. Most of them are counter intuitive and apply on a personal level. I know there are thousands of books on change but none of them are as effective or as open source like as AA. Besides, the idea of spirituality - having an open mind and getting over your ego - has a direct correlation with web 2.0 and social software applications. Strange stuff, huh?

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Broken Business Models

jim wilde — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:13:28 +0000

Forbes has several articles on the many changes that are disrupting business models. I posted on this subject last year, Why Do Good Companies Fail?

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ideas so sexy you forget to breathe...

Sat, 07 May 2005 13:56:09 +0000

hey, it got my attention, that phrase.I first read it on Jim Wilde's first website, now defunct. He was in the process of developing Ideascape...he had some crazy ideas, some mindblowing concepts. When I met him for the first time, his hair standing on edge, cigarette dangling from his lips, hands waving wildly in the air as he discussed his ideas, what he was reading, where he thought he wanted to go, I thought he was probably half crazy, but my curiosity was piqued. Hey, I admit, I'm no techie, so some of the ideas and things he showed me online blew me away...I've since gotten more up to speed but the things he knows and the ideas and concepts he keeps bringing up just take my breath away. This guy must have read every business book ever written! Smart as all hell but at first you're not sure if he's serious; he's got such a self-deprecating manner sometimes, such an unassuming way about himself that you almost think he's full of shit when he tells you about the businesses he's started up, his successes. His self-imposed hibernation from the business world. What really impacted me, though was his determination to develop a new business that would somehow serve humanity. Help people. He knew in some way he wanted to contribute. "Do the right thing almost every dog gone day of your life" - this hangs over his desk. His concern for the earth, for everyman. This is a good guy, I thought. I want to work for him! What a great attitude! Something about him brings out the best in everyone around him. He sees possibility where most people see dead ends. forget out of the box, there is no packaging that could contain him...

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NYC Geek Meet

jim wilde — Tue, 03 May 2005 19:49:24 +0000

I've been in hibernation for a decade (out of IT) and that was the first geek meet-up i've been to in so much time... The only expectations I had were to meet the cool folks that showed up. I got there early, so I hung out and people watched. Hey, there is nothing more amusing to me than imagining what other people's lives are as they run for their trains, grab a snack, leisurely walk about, look at the floor, read, use your imagination. I am so lame, the only face that I knew was Steve Rubles (micropersuasion).

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I gotta get me one of them there Subarus!

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:29:01 +0000

Okay, this isn't necessarily about innovation, although it could be. I just have to blog this story. My friend, who lives out in Colorado, just told me a story that gives me faith in a product/company. Her husband was taking the kids skiing, and on the way his car "died". He had to get towed and it was a big hassle, dealing with 2 small kids who really wanted to go skiing and all, of course. Mechanic calls and apparently he needs to replace the engine, preliminary estimates are between $4-$6k. But WAIT! it just so happens the &

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Tagging, Folksonomy Catching On

jim wilde — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:32:06 +0000

Tagging, Folksonomy Catching On

Wired has an interesting article on tagging or folksonomy that jibes with what users of Ideascape have been doing for some time now. ~~So, we have decided to flip on a partial view of external tagging, so folks can see how it works in Ideascape. You can also register for free to see the flip side on internal tagging.~~

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Maximize shared understanding.

jim wilde — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:10:45 +0000

Wouldn't that be something? If businesses sought ideas from multiple sources – especially unconventional ones (like BLOGS!) that offer diversity and independence - and blended and synthesized them with their own internal ideas. Just think if they captured the company’s informal social network – the daily problems, challenges, and opportunities that their employees, partners, customers/clients, investors, et al face. Imagine if businesses let staffers and outsiders blog on company and product news from their site. I mean, actually listened, before a crisis, to the immediate feedback and responded. From real people they could co-create innovative solutions to complex problems.

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