Social enterprises don’t just spring out of some primordial corporate soup, they need good leaders to get them to the promised tribal lands. And we’re not talking about aggressive, power-obsessed leaders — the new leaders for the Business 2.0 They ditch the rule books and embrace values. They live their values. Enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

Kerry Smith was just talking at the IFLA conference about about Researching the Information Commons (RIC). There is a section on defining the IC on the website, including "A commons, simply understood, is a resource, or a facility, "that is shared by a community of producers or consumers" (Oakerson, 1992 as quoted in Kranich 2004). MORE >>

There was a revealing poll put out recently by the Smart Blog on Social Media. It asked: Does your company have a formal, written social-media strategy? Here are the main results: No, but we’re getting around to it 32.73%. No, and we probably won’t write one anytime soon 27.64%. Yes, and it’s really useful 20.00%. like the honesty of the last one. MORE >>

Via Johnnie Moore these two short videos about the growing evidence that less control sometimes means greater efficiency and more considerate behaviour. What happens when an entire town full of busy roads and regular traffic congestion switches off its traffic lights? MORE >>

Best of Mobile Learning July 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010 Featured Sources The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Google App Inventor - Can It Boost mLearning? Upside Learning , July 19, 2010 Speak Up 2009: The biggest Obstacle to Using Technology in Ed.Not Being Able to Use Student's Own Mobile Devices! MORE >>