The Hyperlinked Means of Production …

One of the early inspirations for thinking about "wirearchy" was Peter Drucker’s article "Beyond The Information Revolution" (The Atlantic Monthly, October 1999) in which he stated "Knowledge workers, now, and increasingly, will own the means of production".

It seems that this notion has grown in awareness and probably soon-to-come in widespread impact.  No doubt some of what Drucker suggested will be the follow-on impacts will also show up in due time

Wikinomics and mass collaboration
Dan Farber, ZDNet

During a presentation at the Web 2.0 Summit, author and consultant Don Tapscott previewed some the highlights from his forthcoming book, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.

He views the next phase of the Web as about mass collaboration and harnessing the power of self organization. It will have a profound change in way companies innovate, orchestrate to create value and compete in marketplace, he said. With billions of smart devices on the Net and billions of people on it, for those users it will be like programming a giant computer. “Social networking is becoming the new mode of production,” Tapscott said. He gave an example of Procter & Gamble, which has developed an productive ecosystem of external collaborators that he said creates value more effectively than a hierarchically organized business.

I wish I could more often resist saying "I told you so … " 

Tags: collaboration, wikis, blogs, mass customization of work, wirearchy

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