A presentation I gave at the Packard Foundation. Told many stories from different projects, especially LDM (IIE) and Wikimedia Foundation.
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1. Networks in an International Context Eugene Eric Kim <
[email_address] > David and Lucile Packard Foundation Thursday,
September 24, 2009
2. 3. 4. Thecapacitytolearnandimproveisthe most important
indicatorofcollective intelligence . 5. 1. Everybody Is People 6.
7. Users Cheech and Chong's Light Up America Tour. Photo by
cuarandera. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuarandera/3397390477/ 8.
9. 10. reciprocity Do unto others what you would have done unto
you. 11. 2. Trust Is Everything 12. 13. 14. 15. 3. Be What You Want
to See 16. 17. McAllen, Texas photo by elitistczar.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elitistczar/311823891/ Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minnesota photo by johnson7.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnson7/3525569932/ McAllen, Texas
Rochester, Minnesota The Cost Conundrum The New Yorker , June 2009
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande
18. 19. 4. Simplicity Scales 20. Meat eater ants feeding on honey.
Photo by Fir0002.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meat_eater_ants_feeding_on_honey02.jpg
21. Ant hill in Uganda. Photo by fieldtripp.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fieldtripp/356664846/ 22. 23. Another
point which may be useful to document is that after Eugene's visit
to Nigeria and subsequent blog, many fellows saw pictures of
themselves in his blog or were called up by friends and told to
look out for photos. As a result of this publicity, 3 new fellows
and one regional network (Katsina) commenced the process of
establishing websites. Judith-Ann Walker 24. 5. Perturb the
Ecosystem 25. 26. If you build it, will they come? 27. The
Not-So-Dirty Little Secret About Wikimedia... People! 28.
Everybody Is People
29. Trust is Everything
30. Be What You Want to See 31. Simplicity Scales 32. Perturb
the Ecosystem Principles (From the Bottom Up...) 33.
Thecapacitytolearnandimproveisthe most important
indicatorofcollective intelligence . 34. Discussion Questions What
are you doing to build trust and relationships in your network? How
are you modeling the change you want to see? How simple is your
strategy? How are you letting go of control and perturbing the
ecosystem? How can your network improve at learning?
