And the first place I looked was my own network. like that it shows connections between people I follow - using line thickness to provide indication of communication frequency. poking around a bit, I can see cluster of my contact networks who represent Boston, Chicago, Knowledge Management. MORE >>

I received a review copy of Leandro Herrero's Homo Imitans: The Art of Social Infection: Viral Change in Action. As is typical in my reading, I draw connections to many other things. An important element of the methodology behind Viral Change is exploiting the network of people in the organization (or society). MORE >>

Sig posted a link to their Project Cascade , which is a visualization tool that looks at connecting tweets over time. They are showing us a network of actions that people take. Those networks are much harder to visualize. social+network+analysis technology networks nyt nytlabs projectcascade visualization MORE >>

And then there are seven supporting patterns that connect to resilience. And the discussion here and in the Culture section reminded me of the ideas of Tribal Leadership: that the more successful organizations tap into a Tribal level of connection and culture that help the organization weather any kind of storm. Resilience. page 13). MORE >>

While enterprise social networking has been covered extensively in the media and by IT analyst firms, one of the least discussed aspects of the topic has been the issue of design and the potential impact of design on employee adoption of such tools and applications.  e-mail, community site, social collaboration platform, etc.). MORE >>