January 18, 2005

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The Obvious ? Focuses and Amplifies …

January 18, 2005 in Main Page | 1 comment

Euan picked up a sound bite (below) from one of the 10 Principles with which I’m experimenting (as in looking for feedback).

He picked an interesting one.  I’d argue that without the genius of the thousands and thousands of people who’ve invented, demonstrated, practiced and promoted blogging, the collective “we” wouldn’t have been able to get into all these conversations about how important conversation and voice are to our ongoing development as societies and as a species.

Euan challenges … now that the conversations are being made visible, and shining throught the structures, well … whatare we gonna do about it and with it ?

 

I don’t know Latin, so this is likely to be goofy … from homo sapiens to homo interactivus, or homo conversens ?

 

If it’s broke - fix it.

Human beings have been having conversations since time began. That’s how we’ve figured out all of the things we’ve invented and how we govern ourselves. It’s how we’ve gotten to how we are now.

In the Industrial Age, reporting relationships, and the assumption that the dog on the top of the heap knew more than all the other dogs, were the formalized structure for conversation . It doesn’t work very well this way, anymore.

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Principle # 6 - Managing in a Wired Workplace

January 18, 2005 in Main Page | 4 comments

 
 

Trust, Transparency and Authenticity are the glue that holds it all together

 
 

People want to trust, they want to believe – even in the face of large amounts of evidence that the system is being manipulated in the favor of a select few.

 

In North America, we’re still trying to shake off the disbelief about the blatant  dishonesty and fraud demonstrated by some corporate (and governmental) leaders.  We actively do not want to believe things may be as corrupt as they seem … institutionalized dishonesty and deceit.

 

We don’t want to believe that these attitudes and behavior might be more widespread than is apparent, yet somehow we have a feeling that the common corporate culture rewards and supports this possibility.

 

Many people – checking  their 401K’s or stock portfolios, or looking back at the job(s) they’ve lost – feel at best disrespected and at worst enraged that they have been taken advantage of.

 

The interconnectedness of the Web has created a means for people to challenge blind authority, and to push back.  If their trust is abused, many will use this to establih their own authority or fight back

 

Let’s understand one thing … when people who have been abused decide to get organized and push back, they become a potent force. 

 

Interconnectedness is a potent force for creating transparency and demanding trust, and many are just now learning how to use it more effectively.

 

 

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More from the Bloggerouhaha in Boston

January 18, 2005 in Main Page | No comments

Many of you may know that there’s an upcoming conference at the Shorenstein Centre at Harvard University on “Blogging, Journalism and Ethics” that is, in many bloggers’ minds, over before it starts (well 50 - 100 might not be many, but … I’m guessing many bloggers would agree with the few who are speaking up).

Here’s some essential information about the participants … hey, as long as it’s about blogging and credibility, and journalism, we might as well have a look at their backgrounds, huh ? Thanks go to Frank Paynter of Sandhill Trek

Here’s an interesting comment gleaned from the pack - of course it’s from the blogosphere’s dear friend Kombinat ! Peekaboo !

As David Weinberger mentions ‘The Web is a World’ yet I think many people’s upsets about your conference may be pointing to their grievances that you speak outside of this world in your private bunker by invitation only. The conversation you get to have is yours and on your terms.

I didn’t see yet in these comments anyone addressing the fact that on the web you don’t get to control a dialog, you don’t get to control who speaks. Perhaps this is a bit unsettling that the conference hasn’t started yet but the community is already engaged in it (even if not invited) and you probably don’t’ even know why (You do want to wake up to this fact, I beg you please.) The community speaking from these posts is trying to tell you something yet you guys don’t seem to want to engage because you follow your agenda of your conference that has a clear schedule. (just notice your comments pointing to ‘we’ll get to that, we’ll get to that”.

Well, the community is not waiting on you guys, it’s attempting a dialog NOW)

This itself is what this community is trying to tell you that your stage construction and design is maybe a bit outdated, thus perhaps irrelevant.