Harold Jarche - 0 views
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Even the mainstream training field is realizing that reduced layers of bureaucracy mean decision-making gets pushed down the organization chart. This
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is the message of the AMA in the promotional video – Critical Thinking: Not just a C-suite skill. However, wirearchy takes this one important step further by advocating a two-way flow of power and authority. In both cases, the need for critical thinking is evident.
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A personal knowledge management process can help to develop critical thinking skills, where sense-making includes observing, studying, challenging (especially one’s assumptions), and evaluating. Developing these skills takes practice, appropriate feedback and an environment that supports critical thinking.
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Wirearchy as the organizational framework, coupled with active personal knowledge management processes, is a step in that direction
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While Ning may be free, it is not open source, and the company can make changes at will, just like Facebook, Google or Twitter may do.
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I advise my clients that they should consider how important their data is to them before using software as a service (SaaS). Can the data be easily exported? With social bookmarks, it is easy to export and import OPML files from one platform to another. It is also simple to export from WordPress.com SaaS to your own open source hosted version
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For large enterprise projects I have used Drupal as a community management platform and it works well, though it requires solid technical support.
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Elgg, an open source social networking platform that attracted me because of its unique underlying mode
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The Elgg platform has matured in the past six years and has a strong community and a solid product (v. 1.7).
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Supporting communities like Elgg and Drupal means that we can have more control over our use of web technologies. As business and education move to the web and the cloud, open-source platforms will help to ensure that some corporate board doesn’t decide our future for us.