Ach, Fraser, hit send too quickly. Also wanted to say that I'm currently Social Artist in Residence at the University of London Centre for Creative Collaboration - so would be very interested in hearing more about your research (and anything from anyone else on this subject) off-list.
ll On 25 February 2010 12:09, Lloyd Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Fraser, now that the hyphen ribbing has died down I'd like to point you to > a couple of references that I think are apposite and important. > > One is a book by Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman from 1997 called > Organizing Genius, The Secrets of Creative Collaboration - which explores > what makes great innovative and collaborative groups tick. > > Also the work of Ralph D Stacey at University of Hertfordshire on > complexity and creativity and the role of conversation in innovation and > change within organisations (also the importance of mess!) > > Both big influences on me and the way I work. > > Cheers > > Lloyd > > > On 25 February 2010 01:05, Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks >> >> I'm working at Indy Hall and researching into what makes co-working >> great for collaboration. I have an idea that I'd like to share with >> the group. >> >> We humans have 3 innate drivers that direct the way we live and work. >> These are: To find a mate, earn fair compensation for work, and to >> exercise creative initiative. When it comes to collaboration, the >> motivation for creative initiative is often stunted by confusion over >> roles, direction, and/or authority. Yep, we've all heard or said "I >> hate working in groups" and "I'd be better off working by myself". >> >> Recently I read Dan Pink's new novel Drive. He suggests that the >> conventional sticks and carrots (punishment and reward) method of >> motivation is useless at promoting this creative initiative. Instead, >> he suggests that autonomy, mastery, and purpose are what influences >> creative initiative. This got me thinking. >> >> As I've been speaking to the people at Indy Hall, I've begun to think >> that these alternative motivational factors are what makes >> collaboration here so successful. Here, you have a group of people >> demonstrating autonomy all the time. They control their own purpose >> and working environment. As a result, they avoid issues over roles, >> direction and authority. Also, they are nearly always doing things >> they love, learning to get better at them (mastery) or teaching others >> (purpose). >> >> Therefore, I wonder if co-working is great for collaboration because >> it promotes into creative initiative by allowing innate human needs of >> autonomy, mastery and purpose. I actually mentioned this to someone >> today and they said, "yeah, it's like autonomy on steroids here".... >> >> So, I put this idea out there to the people in this group. Many of you >> have more experience in co-working than me. What's your thoughts on >> this idea? Why co-working is great for collaboration? >> >> I look forward to some discussions. >> >> cheers >> >> Fraser >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> Fraser A Marshall PhD >> >> MID Program student >> The University of the Arts >> 320 South Broad Street >> Philadelphia, PA 19102 >> >> T: 267 243 1524 >> E: [email protected] >> E: [email protected] >> http://significantdesign.wordpress.com/ >> http://www.humanticdesign.com/ >> http://twitter.com/fraseram >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Lloyd Davis > Social Artist & Master Community Builder > Perfect Path Consulting Ltd > http://www.perfectpath.co.uk/ > http://tinyurl.com/2zejjs to subscribe to my blog by e-mail > http://feeds.feedburner.com/PerfectPath to subscribe to my blog by RSS > Call me: +44 (0)79191 82825 > Skype me: perfectpath > Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/LloydDavis > -- Lloyd Davis Social Artist & Master Community Builder Perfect Path Consulting Ltd http://www.perfectpath.co.uk/ http://tinyurl.com/2zejjs to subscribe to my blog by e-mail http://feeds.feedburner.com/PerfectPath to subscribe to my blog by RSS Call me: +44 (0)79191 82825 Skype me: perfectpath Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/LloydDavis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
