In social networks, group boundaries promote the spread of ideas, study finds
Editor’s note: Research into networks shows how ideas spread. Some good insights here into how groups affect the sharing of information across a network.
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The strength of the strongest ties in collaborative problem solving
Editor’s note: Bridging the literature on team performance and information networks by studying teams’ problem solving abilities as a function of both their within-team networks and their members’ extended networks.
Slidedeck of the week: Learning and creating knowledge in a social networked era
This week’s choice slide deck is from George Siemens, taken from his talk at the…
Social innovation: how to deal with rising complexity of global networks
Editor’s note: A look at the increasing interdependencies between the world’s technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems and why we may have to redesign global networks. Big picture perspectives that point us to where we might be headed.
The four people you need for an awesome network
Editor’s note: The four types of people you should have in your network: the socialite, older sibling, IT guru and helpless sibling.
Social planning for learning: curated tweets from #chat2lrn
Here are our curated tweets from the chat2lrn Twitter chat on social planning for learning.…
Rewiring corporate learning #9: acquire a network
In his penultimate article on rewiring corporate learning, Nigel Paine looks at why, as an…
Forget about influence and change management, it’s time to lead a revolution!
Editor’s note: A great article on the importance of links and networks in influencing.
#PunkHR – it’s about companions not compactions. The uncompany part 1
Editor’s note: Perry Timms on the power of the network and how networks help us find our ‘companions’ versus being ‘forced’ to work with others in the more traditional sense of the workplace.
Human Sensor Networks… the ultimate executive coach
Editor’s note: Think of harnessing all the information shared by people in the organisation and being able to give it meaning so it can be made sense of quickly and easily. Almost a big data approach to the information being shared . . .
A Twitter story
Editor’s note: A personal perspective on using Twitter, finding people and finding purpose in it all by L&D manager Sukh Pabial.
The power of your network is the ‘ask’
Editor’s notes: Some great tips and insights on networks and networking. Are you reaping the rewards of the Law of Accelerating Returns?
20 ways to improve your professional learning network in 2013
Editor’s note: Some great tips here on nurturing and nourishing your personal learning network.
Video: the future of learning
As a part of Ericsson’s Networked Society initiative, the company has created this 20-minute video…
Why (and how) you should create a personal learning network
Editor’s note: If you believe that your networks are your new learning then this article is worth a look. Focused on the education space but useful tips for anyone.