Posts categorized “Participation”.

Does it really matter now?

In case you haven’t got this early christmast gift from Mr. Godin and his friends. Here is the PDF and below I’ve embedded the whole e-book.

I stopped at page 12 – CONNECTED by Howard Mann. I will give it a deep thought.
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Imagine, Create, and Let go

I’ve noticed in my non-geek friends — the majority of my friends — a stunning increase in the use of **social media**. Let me be more specific. Take this friend of mine who is a notorious **technology-privacy-basher** , she rejects most of my **fine suggestions**. Daily I tell her: “You should try [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTE5MjI1MTk)” or “Try [Screenr](http://screenr.com/) it doesn’t need installing!”. But she **simple doesn’t**.

But recently she has opened herself a [Tumblr-blog](http://yoldaanderskor.tumblr.com/) and now she is some **sort of an addict**. Of course I’m not supposed to call her an addict. Neither I would call myself a **Twitter-addict**, but with [1,375 tweets](http://twitter.com/patrizio) hardly anyone would believe me.

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An Alternative Version

The documentary RiP: A Remix Manifesto has won many awards and has recently been aired on national television (the Netherlands). But since I don’t own a television I’ve missed it. Luckily for me (and you) I’ve found it on the Internet.

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Innovation on the Edges

Lately I’ve been reading more on innovation — where and what enables it. A common denominator seems to be related with *bottom-up* or to be more precise on **the edges**. In this article an overview of interesting research and a couple of visionaries who are evangelising that: innovation is happening on the edges.

Centre v.s. Edges

First and foremost there is John Seely Brown (ex-Xerox Parc) who has been studying and writing for years on innovation. Currently he is the co-chairman for the [Deloitte Center for the Edge](http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Industries/Technology/center-for-edge-tech/index.htm). This center researches the importance of innovation and how it can be stimulated. Their mission: More… »

Co-creatie in de Achterhoek

[This post is in Dutch only]

Enkele weken geleden heb ik meegedaan aan een co-creatie weekend in de Achterhoek. Dit weekend was opgezet volgens het co-creatie principe: een tijdelijke samenwerking van mensen van diverse achtergrond als een alternatieve manier van waardecreatie. Managementguru C.K. Prahalad heeft deze samenwerkingsvorm benoemd als dé manier van nieuwe waardegeneratie.

Dit weekend had als vraagstelling:
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