Tuesday, June 18, 2002|
I've tried adding Jon Udell's channelrolling macro to the home page. 3:32:03 PM 
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Mark Buchanon: Ubiquity and Pareto's Distribution. I finally read Mark Buchanon's article Pareto's distribution noted in Rebecca's blog. It's a short summary of an interesting effect:... [Blur Circle] 3:22:03 PM
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HBR article on social networks :: Harvard Business Review has an article in their June issue about Social Network Analysis and how to tap into the power of informal knowledge & action creation in a company. This is an important field of study for us to keep up with, because it provides a new context for us to consider how we structure shared information spaces -- according to the 'official networks' or to support the informal ones? The article costs $, but here's a quote from the Abstract: Specifically, senior executives need to focus their attention on four key role-players in informal networks: Central connectors link most employees in an informal network with one another; they provide the critical information or expertise that the entire network draws on to get work done. Boundary spanners connect an informal network with other parts of the company or with similar networks in other organizations. Information brokers link different subgroups in an informal network; if they didn't, the network would splinter into smaller, less effective segments. And finally, there are peripheral specialists, who anyone in an informal network can turn to for specialized expertise but who work apart from most people in the network. The authors describe the four roles in detail, discuss the use of a well-established tool called social network analysis for determining who these role-players are in the network, and suggest ways that executives can transform ineffective informal networks into productive ones. [Jenny Levine: Knowledge Management] [Ron Lusk's ACTS Weblog] 10:23:20 AM
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