Good idea to go around the group and see who is here and why, thank you for the suggestion.
My interested is in the intersection of technologies of cooperation and business. The technologies available are changing the way we work. This coincides with the fact that the social contract between employees and corporation is now broken: when you are working for a corporation, at least in the US, you are just a temp worker with a few extra benefits. And the current economy is pushing many out of the system. Meanwhile social media and social networking is offering us many opportunities to do things differently. The big question then is how to make these new processes sustainable? Crowdsourcing in the form of competitions are great for reducing costs, but this is a winner takes all model which cannot really work long term. Just like in the music industry, it creates a world where a few rock stars (and their producers) make ridiculous amounts of money, and the vast majority of remaining musicians are starving. Not a good way to foster innovation in my mind. So what else? >From my side, I am experimenting with collaboration in business through the Entrepreneur Commons (http://www.entreco.org), with local group in San Francisco, Menlo Park (Silicon Valley), Paris, and coming soon in New York, with the Entrepreneur Commons Academy (http:// entreco.supercoolschool.com) for all the others who are interested in participating but are located somewhere else, and with a fund that we are in the process raising to help finance early stage ventures (even though money is not the most critical component for success it remains an important factor). I am looking forward to revived activity in this Coco group. Best, Marc On Jan 15, 11:40 am, Nancy McClure <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the opportunity for an introduction. > > I am an architect (of the building variety) and a Building Information > Modeling consultant working with design firms, engineers, developers > and contractors to define and implement Integrated Project Delivery (IDP) > processes to assist cross-discipline collaboration and remove many of the > historic barriers to true integration of the design and construction > process. My focus is on advising parties on setting expectations of both > quality and quantity of digital information at defined stages of > development, and emphasizing collaboration and collective ownership of > design decisions. The IDP discussions overlap many realms: regional and > national policy, professional business practices, errors and omissions > liabilities, technology sharing tools. > > My involvement in this arena has been a long-time off-shoot from my > architectural design thesis on Collective Housing, and the intersection of > private ownership and community holdings. Participation on the design team > of various projects from Native American housing cooperatives, modern > condominium development and master planning / urban studies has brought me > to the IDP interaction focus. > > Regards, > Nancy McClure, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, GRCP > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:56 AM, ANDREA STRIMLING < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Robert, > > > Happy New Year - and thanks for the invitation. > > > My work is quite different from many on this list. My current research is > > on inter-organizational coordination in peacebuilding and stabilization and > > reconstruction operations. I'm just finishing a major piece of research on > > US civil-military coordination in Afghanistan from 2003-2009. My premise is > > that policy making - and academic research - have been undermined by a > > hierarchical mental model - and associated focus on trying to put someone in > > charge of all of the various actors and activities. Even if this were > > desirable, it would not be possible - since the many organizations involved > > in Afghanistan and other stabilization and reconstruction efforts will not > > accept an overarching coordination authority. I argue that the question > > needs to be reframed from how to establish a strong, overarching > > coordination authority to how to create structures and processes that > > facilitate the emergence of coordinated results - hence my interest in > > coordination theory and the work that many on this list are doing. I'm also > > on a small team that is developing software to help the US Department of > > Defense with the growing non-combat side of their work in places like > > Afghanistan. We are developing tools for strategic planning, ethnographic > > assessment, impact evaluation, and other related topics. > > > I always follow the discussion on this list with great interest - just > > often cannot participate, because of my lack of knowledge of the technical > > side of so much of what you do. > > > Best, > > > Andrea > > > On Jan 15, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Robert Link wrote: > > >> CoCos, > > >> As the new year is already 15 days old, this seems as good a time as any > >> to re-introduce ourselves to each other, and reacquaint each other with > >> the projects on which we work. This will, of course, appeal more to some > >> than others, but I hope everyone will consider at the very least > >> dropping out of lurker mode long enough to send a note in the next day > >> or two saying who you are, maybe listing your current most active > >> internet presence, and perhaps even including a quick summary of where > >> your work or interests intersect with CoCo. > > >> I won't go first, but if I see one or two others taking this challenge I > >> will join in later today. > > >> Best, > > >> rl > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "CooperationCommons" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<cooperationcommons%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CooperationCommons" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<cooperationcommons%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en.
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