OK this book review is going to be a little bit out of place on our current topic, but I just finished this book this weekend. I have been working on it for a while and it is very thought provoking. For those that are following this blog, that also work for the Boy Scouts, I would not be surprised to find out that Bob M. is basing some of his current changes off this book. Bob's Blog sounds like it could have been a direct result of reading this book. Additionally the setup of the "Department of Innovation" and the new Innovation engine could have been direct results of reading this book. The key is that we need to take advantage of these new tools and do our part to make them a vibrant place for the development of new ideas. We need to seize this opportunity that is being presented to us by our top leadership and contribute our thoughts and ideas to help us all achieve Peak Achievement.Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott
rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a very thought provoking book, and has many great observations and predictions of where we will be going in the future. My biggest challenge with this book is that I was hoping for a little bit more of a road map of how to implement the theory into the work place.
After listening to the book for a while, I started to get some ideas of ways to build collaboration within my own work space, but now I need to search out and learn how to use some of these technologies. The part near the end of the book about older people just needing to get out and experiment with social networks, blogs, you tube, wikis and other collaborative spots on the web is where I am going to get started.
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Sounds like a good book, Steve. I remember just a few years back when I was serving on a regional Scout training staff (Cub Scout Wood Badge) and had to send "snail mail" letters to fellow staff members in preparation. Now we have websites for staff members and instant message each other! In just one decade, people now have cell phones with free long distance, email, and collaborative web sites. There's no question that communication is easier now. But... given the fact that communication is orders of magnitude easier with the technology we now have, are our collaborative efforts THAT much better? I think we have a better understanding of collaboration now, but not by the same multiplier as our technological advances. So where's the disconnect? Maybe we need a better understanding of what good collaboration is? Maybe we need a better understanding of it's importance? Or maybe our bandwidth is just tapped?
Fun fact (nothing to do with the book)... The developer of the first wiki (Ward Cunningham) and his wife, Karen (my friend) have 2 Eagle Scout sons. Their sons and my sons were in the same troop in Beaverton, Oregon. They're good people.
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