All: My Institute for Analytic Journalism is co-sponsoring this, but that aside, the topic is key for not just scientific endeavors, but for the survival and advancement of all organizations hoping to function in the Digital Age. "Collaboration" here refers to work inside an organization as well as with entities outside.
We will limit this to ~25 participants, so let me know quickly if you would like to attend. All the best, Tom * ================================================================================== * On Friday September 14th we'd like to spend the day exploring the future of collaboration - from science and models to physical settings to technological tools to psychological frameworks to who knows what else. My partners and I have been involved in designing and facilitating large group collaborative planning processes for more than 20 years. We're basically system integrators - where collaboration includes an appreciation for systems, design, creativity (knowledge of a creative process), behavioral dynamics, group process, and a whole lot of other stuff. But all that is 'old.' We'd like to bust out of some of our ways of thinking about how collaboration works and explore new territory and potentially new ways of approaching how people work, learn, solve problems and collaborate in person and across time and space. Some of the questions to stimulate conversation during the day might include: - Where is all this social, mobile, cloud and big data trends headed? What's next? - What's the influence of these trends on how people will collaborate? - What other trends are important and might influence how people collaborate in the future? - How does complex adaptive systems and complexity theory play into the way people will collaborate in the future? - What about patch theory? - What neurological research will influence the way we work and learn? - Is there a structured way to create organic, emergent behavior in groups? - What's the difference between same time, same place collaboration (face to face) and same time different place collaboration (virtual) or different time different place (asynchronous)? What other modes will emerge? - How would we define the landscape of collaboration (for individuals and groups)? - What is the relationship between creativity, design and collaboration? - What are the right uses for collaboration? - When is structure required for collaboration? - When is no structure 'required' for collaboration? - What's unique about how large organizations will collaborate across time and geography? - What tools will individuals use? - What tools will organizations use? - Is there a 'mash up' that would uniquely impact the way people work and learn? - What's the difference between collaboration for getting work done and collaboration for learning? - What is particularly important about the 'place' where collaboration happens? What other questions might drive conversation and/or insights? We'll document the results of the conversation and make that available to everyone who attends. Everyone is invited! AND, please let me know if there are people that should be invited to the conversation. Scientists? Physicists? Psychologists? Behaviorist? Artists? Designers? SFI fellows? Please share the invitation with anyone you feel might find value and/or have a point of view about any of the above. *Date* September 14, 2012 *Location* New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 476-5200 the best entrance is on the other side of the block at 114 Washington Ave, Santa Fe (across the street from the Inn of the Anasazi and the Hotel Chimayo). Look for the sign that says: *IAJ Collaboration Workshop* *Times* 8:30 AM to 5PM (or until we have exhausted the topic) We'll break for lunch in there at some point and we'll have some snacks and liquids for the day... Please RSVP if you have an interest or plan on attending. We look forward to seeing you on the 14th. Thanks! ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Twitter: jtjohnson http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] ==========================================
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