NLab: creativity and collaboration

NLab conference videos now online

Videos of the 2008 NLab conference are now online at Vimeo. Enjoy!

PS: within hours of the site going live, Experientia sorted out the assets and presented them very tidily here. Thanks Experientia - very impressive!

PPS: And Roland Harwood has added a follow-up blog post.

Andrea Saveri on Amplified Individuals and the Future of Work

Download saveri_future_of_work_seminar_18june08_ioct.ppt 23mb

At this seminar held on Wed 18 June 2008 at the Institute of Creative Technologies, DMU, Andrea Saveri described an emerging landscape of change that will shape the future of work–including disruptive shifts brought about by amplified workers, ubiquitous transparency, a redefinition of diversity, the “scientification” of work, strategic sustainability, and health as a strategic asset. Together, these shifts challenge traditional business strategy and organizational roles and functions. Several new kinds of roles will emerge that embody the opportunities presented by these six driving forces of change. The seminar presented these ideas and gave participants an opportunity to re-imagine their own roles in the context of the future of work.

Andrea Saveri was at DMU at the invitation of NLab and the IOCT to speak at the NLab Social Networks Conference 19 June 2008. She is a senior director at the Institute for the Future Palo Alto, and has worked closely with Howard Rheingold for several years. Her focus is on understanding how individuals, families, organizations, and communities make sense of the diffusion and re-invention of new technologies and media, and create new social, cultural, civic, and economic institutions. Andrea leads IFTF’s practice area in the Future of Cooperative Strategy. The cooperation research examines the principles and underlying technologies of cooperation and collective action, and their potential to transform society. She has applied this research to domains such as innovation in health, public education, and business strategy.

Ken Thompson: Bioteams and Twitter: interactive poll results

*** STOP PRESS *** Stunning Interactive Poll results from NLAB Social Networks Conference. Q1 Would your work team be better or worse if it organised itself more like your favourite sports team? - Only 7% say it would make things worse! Q2 Does Twitter (and other such tools) distract from work and is it worth it? -  Yes it does but Yes it is!

Ken's interactive poll was one of your conference favourites. Read the results

Jim Benson presentation: Social Networking Beyond The Dogma: Let's Make Some Money

Jim Benson tried an experimental presentation method consisting of a single pdf which he navigated through his talk. It was an intriguing and very coherent brainstorm. Revisit it here. (As he says, You'll likely need to zoom in to about 200 percent to read it.) Again, video of the talk will be available soon.

Download jim_benson_nlab_presentation_i_can_give_you_anything_but_time_and_speaker_notes_18_june_2008.pdf

Andrea Saveri presentation: Amplified Individuals & Organisational Superheroes

Here's Andrea Saveri's presentation for download. It's a pretty huge file, but well worth the wait. Just to remind you, she outlined the qualities of Organisational Superheroes including:

• mobbability
• influency
• ping quotient
• protovation
• open authorship
• multi-capitalism
• longbroading
• signal/noise management
• cooperation radar

Download amplified_individuals_nlab.ppt  (notes included)

A video of the talk is being processed and will be available soon.