Exploring the place between boundaries in communities and networks

In her PhD work, Lilia Efimova has been one of my teachers and thought partners, starting from the summer she spent with my family here in Seattle while doing a fellowship at Microsoft Research. In the post Blog as Edge Zone, Lilia gets to the heart of what has been drawing me lately in my thinking … Continue reading Exploring the place between boundaries in communities and networks

Thinking about systems change practices – letting go

This is worth repeating and pondering… I don’t think there are cheap tickets to system change. You have to work at it, whether that means rigorously analyzing a system or rigorously casting off paradigms. In the end, it seems that leverage has less to do with pushing levers than it does with disciplined thinking combined … Continue reading Thinking about systems change practices – letting go

Repost: Blogs and Community, Launching a New Paradigm

One of the hassles of moving between blog software is the difficulty of finding old stuff in the archives. Today someone was looking for this article, Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community? and it was really hard to find. So I’m “reprinting” it here on the WP part of my … Continue reading Repost: Blogs and Community, Launching a New Paradigm

Workshop Testimonials

Here is what some past students of past Online Facilitation workshops have said about their experience. I loved the experience. I learned a whole bunch of stuff. Got to sense what I like, value and will try to use. Absolutely engaging process and experience. Internal corporate communications are already changing – more colorful and fostering … Continue reading Workshop Testimonials