A week in Tweets: 15-21 August 2010

I fear I’ve overdone it this week – almost twice as many as usual. Still, that’s what I collected as the week’s Tweets and links, so here y’is, y’all. Usual categories, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business strategy and other related business-ish matters:

oscarberg: RT @robots_dreams: RT @leolaporte: Welcome to the new decade: Java is a restricted platform, Google is evil, Apple is a monopoly & Microsoft are the underdogs <nice ironies…
oscarberg: RT @aadjemonkeyrock: Openness or How Do You Design for the Loss of Control? http://ff.im/-peARU <recommend #entarch
oscarberg: Social software isn’t creating behavior such as openness, sharing & dialog. It “just” amplifies them & makes them contagious
SAlhir: RT @ideahive Orgs will need to plan for increasingly chaotic environments that are out of their direct control http://tinyurl.com/2vobp49 <“Gartner says the world of work will witness 10 changes in the next 10 years” (de-routinisation of work; work swarms; weak links; working with the collective; work sketch-ups; spontaneous work; simulation and experimentation; pattern sensitivity; hyper-connected; my place) #entarch #bizarch
DavidGurteen: RT @johnniemoore: ‘Self-organisation, traffic lights and empathy’ Getting rid of traffic lights (videos) “Road capacity might be limited but empathy is boundless.” http://bit.ly/9lSYpg <two short videos on traffic-management without traffic-lights
SAlhir: The Power of Culture http://t.co/FKXnIrD <v.useful overview in health-orgs context (2008) #entarch #bizarch
SAlhir: RT @zenext: It is through our defining “who belongs” that we marginalize those we declare as not belonging <important not just in societal contexts but in #entarch #bizarch #bmgen too
eatraining: Jeff Scott (Forrester): A Multitude Of Challenges For Business Architects http://bit.ly/9q3jiG <IT-oriented version of #bizarch, but useful anyway
tetradian: [post] ‘Why Economics 101 is bad for enterprise-architecture’ http://bit.ly/cnnRhv #entarch #economics
SAlhir: Purpose-idea plus Social-object RT @gapingvoid “the object-idea”: the future of what used to be called advertising http://bit.ly/cO7JO5
joemckendrick: For startups, enterprise technology now available for pennies. Fuel for explosion in new business formation. http://tinyurl.com/36n8jlq
SAlhir: Culture is the platform for our social experience, not organizational structure or processes, those are mere adornment of a culture.
greblhad: If your #entarch can not be illustrated in 3D using LEGO then you have a problem <does that include LEGO ‘people-figures’? 🙂
DavidGurteen: What do you think of the term Human Capital? http://linkd.in/ag7Lrf <insightful comments by a variety of people on LinkedIn re the terms ‘human capital’, ‘human resource’, ‘human asset’
SAlhir: RT @innovate Patience: Strategic Advantage or Disadvantage? http://su.pr/1lWf3t Mike Brown #innovation #strategy #patience #leadership #mgmt
blomr: RT @krismeukens: ISO/IEC 42010:2010 underway http://icio.us/ojpkkm [PDF] <key standard for systems-architecture, whether #itarch, #entarch or other
DavidGurteen: RT @MarkRaganCEO Are community coffee shops the newsrooms of the future? I love this concept: http://bit.ly/dilDll /so do I <a nice example of ‘back to the future’ – this is a direct reprise of the coffee-houses of Dr Johnson’s 18thC London… #entarch #bizarch
toddbiske: RT @mikerollings: New blog post “Enterprise Architecture enters Rehab” http://bit.ly/b4AxVg #gartnerea #entarch <lighthearted, even silly, yet insightful too
oscarberg: Blogged: Be good http://goo.gl/fb/JF2Sr <fundamental to #e20 #entarch – opacity/dishonesty creates anti-clients
business_design: Monetization time RT @benparr: Slideshare Is Going Freemium http://mash.to/2qtjh <death of another useful service.. 🙁
SAlhir: era of permanent uncertainty RT @JenniferSertl: RT @HarvardBiz How Are You Coping with Uncertainty? http://s.hbr.org/9pSM7u <relatively old (May 2009) but still very relevant #entarch #bizarch #society
SAlhir: RT @NurtureGirl @CreatvEmergence U can fear uncertainty, “deal” w/it, try to “manage” it..or.. engage it as a co-creative partner.Ur choice
SAlhir: RT @JenniferSertl @DavidHolzmer: Map of Complexity Science http://dlvr.it/3sxZg #complexity RT @storiedstrategy @jurgenappelo <again relatively old (Feb 2009) but still relevant – and useful
taotwit: Useful session with @tetradian yesterday – have woken-up this morning with some improvements to my Storyboarding project // Contrasting/comparing Scenario Planning, Use Case Modeling with Storyboarding and coming to some nice insights // Having fun playing with Storyboarding tools from creative writing & TV/Movie ind: “Form-Concept-to-Production” focus useful // Describing the journey from Top-Dwn ‘strategic wish’ or Bot-Up ‘unstructured story’ to rigorous & implementable models #storyb4br
kdierc: sometimes i wonder how enterprises would be run if Excel would not exist #entarch
craighepburn: (via @artojoensuu @anssimakela) Slidedeck by Rob va Alphen: A story on convers(at)ion http://bit.ly/9rXwxL #socmedia #marketing <note call for ‘reputation architects’ #entarch #bizarch
tetradian: [post] ‘LEGO as an enterprise-architecture modelling tool?’ http://bit.ly/9YRdOQ #entarch (for @greblhad)
tetradian: Follow @taotwit and #storyb4br for important new concept in requirements-elicitation – strong recommend #entarch #bizarch #orgchange #itarch
pallega: Blog: EA Dying? No! Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! http://tinyurl.com/26v3rvm #entarch #GartnerEA #enterprisearchitecture <a nice metaphor of the pupa as ‘little death’ between caterpillar and butterfly
rettema: The development of the teleological perspective of children two articles for Architects http://is.gd/em3qR and http://is.gd/em3tt #entarch <first article is behind paywall, second is 2004 article about children’s ‘ways of knowing’ – interesting/insightful crosslink by Roland Ettema to ‘meaning-making’ in #entarch etc
eatraining: How to Become an Enterprise Architect http://bit.ly/9N8Dzd <“As an enterprise architect you will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining computer applications software or specialized utility programs” – waaaahhh!!! nooo!!! who wrote this garbage?? (it’s not Craig Martin/@eatraining, anyway) – it’s about as wrong as it can get, about the real nature of #entarch…
oscarberg: RT @jhagel: Six provocative propositions from The Power of Pull – my latest blog posting on HBR http://bit.ly/94o2xo #bizarch #entarch
getstoried: RT @greggvm: Limor Shiponi: #Storytelling critique http://t.co/1dENhci <equivalent for critique of #entarch etc? – because we do need those equivalents…
SAlhir: RT @sinkra: The Inelasticity of Reality in the Life Sciences:.. http://bit.ly/dqWmeK <good example/discussion of high-level #entarch at a whole-of-society scope
SAlhir: RT @umairh: The really valuable stuff isn’t products, plans, & spreadsheets. Principles, values, passion. That’s where real advantage begins.
SAlhir: RT @Kallokain: The Great False Dichotomy – Pay for Performance http://bit.ly/9D2ADp #bizarch #norewards
SAlhir: RT @Kallokain: Five ways Pixar Makes Better Decisions http://bit.ly/aMbe6O #bizarch #entarch (I may have posted this before, but it’s worth repeating anyway)
oscarberg: RT @letterpress_se: What matters is location as a service. Not location as a game, or a check-in. http://tinyurl.com/37nfy6f <on implications of Facebook Places as a location-services platform #entarch #bizarch #e20 #socmedia
taotwit: Complexity in a system is like cholesterol levels: Good HDL (Wanted) and Bad LDL (Unwanted). Lower Bad helps focus on outcomes. <applies to all of #entarch #bizarch #itarch etc
SAlhir: RT @ChrisPRodgers @ComplexitySol: “Mgt 3.0 will be Era of Complexity” post at http://bit.ly/cdilmB – but complex processes not systems 🙂 #bizarch #entarch #orgarch
oscarberg: RT @GeorgeDearing: ecological transparency will change “value basis” for products & force corps to “rethink” products to protect brand | http://bit.ly/9frmbG #bizarch #entarch
theopengroup: RT @industryleaders: First Enterprise Architecture Community for Spanish-speaking countries. EA + TOGAF + Industry Models www.aogea.com.co #itarch #entarch
joemckendrick: Hyper-Social Enterprise: What it Takes to Lead One: Behave like a human and demand your people do too http://ow.ly/2rBsf
bartleeten: RT @bmichelson: http://www.chrisonea.com/2010/08/05/is-enterprise-architecture-even-worthwhile/ <–good post by @chrisonea #entarch #metrics
DavidGurteen: How Your Smartphone Will Transform Your Elevator Pitch http://bit.ly/9zcA6z <v.important for #entarch – will write post on this shortly
(via @eatraining) The Essential EA Toolkit (Part 2): Refrence Architecture & Standards Repository http://bit.ly/92YIxx #entarch #itarch
SAlhir: Riders on a swarm: “purposeful collective activity of ants & other social insects does look intelligent on the surface. http://bit.ly/aRzsT1 <many practical applications in logistics, robotics etc // also (same magazine-theme) RT @jorgebarba @carbonOutreach: #Behavior change possible Using “incrementalism” to move consumers http://bit.ly/dx1SXS via @davidcoethica
chrisdpotts: Why #entarch needs to shift focus: what we, the public, most admire about great architecture isn’t the efficient operating costs <focus on overall effectiveness, not just local efficiency
chrisdpotts: Rather than trying to define “Enterprise Architecture” let’s understand what executives hear in those two words. #entarch
bartleeten: Think “in the market,” not “go to market” http://j.mp/d7fxhL <Peter Evans-Greenwood on fundamentals of #bizarch #entarch
BillIves: post: @MindTouch 2010 Provides Intelligent Product & Services Documentation http://bit.ly/9areT0 <case-study for #bmgen #bizarch – documentation as revenue-generator
theopengroup: RT @perlengquist: In #entarch complexity thwarts agility. Therefore need a continuous focus on cutting stuff out. This is surprisingly hard.
thoughttrans: How to Walk the Line http://bit.ly/aPmYtM <concise advice for all consultants #entarch etc
pallega: Blog: Applying EA to Your Life http://tinyurl.com/2w9heaz #entarch #GartnerEA <practical application of same principles
adrianrcampbell: RT @BiZZdesign: check out our whitepapers on #ArchiMate and #TOGAF. http://miniurl.org/r5W <useful set of papers on #entarch #itarch from BizzDesign
adrianrcampbell: RT @EA_Consultant: Component-Oriented Approach for Designing Enterprise Architecture http://bit.ly/bTOSdj <v.useful abstract-level overview: its focus is on IT-delivered services, but can be used in a broader sense too #itarch #entarch
SAlhir: RT @jorgebarba: HBR: By @work_matters: Forgive and Remember: How a Good Boss Responds to Mistakes http://icio.us/lusysz #bizarch <more solid sense on #innovation and #collaboration from Bob Sutton
SAlhir: RT @Wildcat2030 RT @andymiah: Welcome to the Age of Engagement | Age of Engagement | Big Think http://bit.ly/bEeltQ #science <also #entarch?
oscarberg: RT @redutten: “The single biggest reason companies fail is that they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.” [Gary Hamel] #bizarch #entarch
oscarberg: The End of Management | WSJ http://bit.ly/avvCKG /via @dhinchcliffe “old methods won’t last much longer.” <another fairly standard critique of bureaucratic-style org-management, but this time from Wall Street Journal – ie. much more mainstream
SAlhir: Contagious Enthusiasm – must read! RT @chrisbrogan Can one person change the entire business? http://bit.ly/bymaZg #bizarch #e20 <note that the key player in this story is an employee with Downs Syndrome – great illustration of ‘differently abled’ rather than ‘disabled’
SAlhir: RT @jorgebarba People Pay For Value – Their Value, Not Yours by @mitchjoel http://icio.us/ruuez4 <illustrates the real meaning of ‘value-proposition’ #bizarch #entarch
joemckendrick: Making a business meaningful for customers and employees, to the point they say ‘wow’ …. @tom_peters http://tinyurl.com/2ckaqt3 #bizarch #entarch #strategy

A brief exchange about ‘Theory X’ and ‘Theory Y’ managers:

taotwit: Obs. frm @tetradian on X & Y: CxOs & Doers often need to think Y whereas Middle-management focus on X #storyb4br http://tinyurl.com/3488rlj // X and Y Theory: http://bit.ly/dqooS2 – Storyboards must work for both Y and X Starts with Y but is reality-checked by X #storyb4br
Cybersal: @taotwit I haven’t honestly come across that many X (authoritarian) managers in my working life – perhaps I have been fortunate.
taotwit: @Cybersal I’m using X & Y as a shorthand to also refer to Roger Martin’s design PoV Validity (Y) v Reliability(X) http://bit.ly/92yOGa // ..and information system types a la Cynefin Adaptive ‘Y’ and Complicated ‘X’
Cybersal: @taotwit Yes I like that Roger Martin characterisation. I have certainly come across a lot of ‘reliability-oriented’ managers.

A happily-silly series of Tweets about ‘You might be an enterprise-architect if…’:

Cybersal: @bmichelson You’re not really an enterprise architect if the whiteboard is still blank at the end of the meeting #entarch #posers
pallega: When Larry DeBoever hired METAs EA team, the 1st qualification to be in #entarch was to “give good whiteboard” – true story!
kdierc: RT @bmichelson: you’re not really an enterprise architect if… change scares you #entarch #posers // you’re not really an enterprise architect if… you can’t envision and speak at conceptual level #entarch #posers
toddbiske: RT @EricStephens You might b an [EA] if you have used UML/SysML/ArchiMate to diagram/discuss issues w/your family. #entarch <– that’s scary <hmm… I’d say that’s more #itarch behaviour than #entarch, meself…
theopengroup: RT @EricStephens: You might be an enterprise architect if you hoard all the dry erase markers at the beginning of a meeting #entarch

Narrative knowledge, knowledge-management, creativity, leadership and in-person collaboration:

oscarberg: All humans are followers. Some both follow & lead. A small minority think they only lead, but in reality they are lost
SAlhir: RT @SemiraSK Excellent! RT @ralph_ohr: Bob Sutton: Why #Leadership Can Be a Dangerous Idea (by @work_matters) http://bit.ly/a7ygGJ
SAlhir: RT @jorgebarba @Jabaldaia @nedkumar New Science of #Leadership: Interview with Margaret Wheatley http://bit.ly/dmMOnL (via @ToughLoveforX) <“the real eye-opener for me was to realize how control and order were two different things, and that you could have order without control”
via @CreatvEmergence: By @zen_habits: Best goal is no goal http://bit.ly/a4s79c <apply this also to org as #entarch for uniqueness [original tweet: RT @CreatvEmergence: Kind of how creative emergence works (w/inherent directionality) -> Blog post by @zen_habits: Best goal is no goal – http://bit.ly/a4s79c // There is an inherent, coherent directionality of an emergence, along with the unpredictability…the both-and… // There’s a diff. bet. boxing self in2 pre-set goals & structuring ur aliveness into something functional as it emerges ]
SAlhir: RT @evangineer Coming to the conclusion scattiness & flakiness may not always be what they seem but maybe symptoms of information overload!
unorder: New Anecdote post: Putting stories to work is more than storytelling http://bit.ly/deWlIS #bizstory <also #entarch #bizarch
CreatvEmergence: Knowledge allows one to talk about creativity. Embodiment allows one to also cultivate it or facilitate it.
Eclectopedic: RT @glynlumley: ‘A leader must understand that the system is composed of people, not mere machinery, nor activities, nor organisation charts’ #Deming #hr
thoughttrans: @oscarberg key to successful management is building commitment over compliance. <move decisions from rules to principles
SAlhir: RT @jhagel: ‘What makes great scientists great?’ Path to becoming excellent is messy and ambiguous – love this posting and the 5 working rules http://bit.ly/a9hjwT <5 rules are essential the same as in Agile: embrace ambiguity; stay specific; tinker often, but not too often; seek resistance; revel in the craftsmanship
(via @SAlhir) Richard Hamming: ‘You and your research’ (lecture, 1986) http://bit.ly/3RCuIx <practical art of scientific (& other) research)
DavidGurteen: 90% of knowledge needed to get work done is not supported by enterprise software or learning departments http://bit.ly/dmQl3b #KM #e20 <insightful post by Harold Jarche
oscarberg: Blogged: What some managers like to do most http://goo.gl/fb/5f5bV <irony… painfully accurate…
unorder: For anyone who manages a large collection of stories. http://bit.ly/bjxmpW How Joan Rivers does it. #bizstory
DavidGurteen: Without a strategy to deliver growth or increase margins information systems will be unfocused and unused http://bit.ly/bUYNwe #KM <good summary on pitfalls of KM systems by Linda Hurley – probably nothing new, but all the key points are usefully covered
DavidGurteen: John Cleese on Open And Closed Thinking Modes « Steps & Leaps http://bit.ly/at8yzH @davidpottinger #KM <straightforward presentation at a ‘creativity’ conference
SAlhir: RT @tangcov RT @mcottmeyer: Interesting Post… Top 10 Signs You’re In a Fear-Based Workplace http://dlvr.it/3xdB9
SAlhir: RT @EskoKilpi A community is a pattern that emerges in our interaction // Organizations change when local interaction changes – not through new plans
taotwit: It’s funny the older I get the more I revert to my fascinations & interests of my mid-to-late twenties.. // … I’ve just realised how much I liked being a Business Analyst in a developing global business. <the details for me are different, of course, but the theme of ‘returning’ is the same
unorder: RT @makingstories: Recording of webinar with Shawn @unorder Deliberate Practice Approach to Biz Storytelling http://bit.ly/c5n2UM #bizstory <1hr+ video of webinar
AussiMike: Where to Get the Best Free Education Online [Back To School] http://ff.im/-poGOw <note that most resources listed are US-based or US-specific
oscarberg: “We have disparaged the “soft” social skills of relationship building as being un-businesslike” – by @euan http://bit.ly/a8Jyj3 #bizarch #entarch
DavidGurteen: RT @knowledgetank: The authentic voice of Experience http://bit.ly/bKAcAx #KM <another small-yet-important gem from Nick Milton
SAlhir: RT @ChrisPRodgers @richardlalleman: #Change .. is continuous process-rooted in human interaction not plans/programs/etc http://icio.us/bwbauc <practical notes on facilitating change, updated from a key 1980 paper
SAlhir: Motivation is not about getting you to sign-on to a purpose, but about energy to overcome obstacles along the journey. <significant point re #norewards etc
DavidGurteen: RT @knowledgetank: Don’t Call Me a Guru, Dammit! http://bit.ly/92jh9M #km <nice post on Russell Ackoff #entarch #complexity
unorder: Leaders learning storytelling are often surprised how easy it is to remember a new story. It’s so different to learning facts. #bizstory <also applies to #entarch and enterprise-as-story
SAlhir: RT @umairh: Don’t look for your path. When you immerse your mind, focus your will, engage your heart, feel your passion – it will find you. <applies also to ‘path’ for orgs #entarch #bizarch
Bonifer: CUT TO: @InvisibleWork @cfnoble: People in LA use the phrase “Cut to” in conversation, instead of “then”, to signify narrative tranx <a literal example of a #storytelling meme moving into mainstream language
joyce_hostyn: storytelling is big picture, engagement is focused on micro level follow-up to story http://bit.ly/9QOr6L via @storytellin <xref to theme of ‘the enterprise as story’
SAlhir: RT @katebennet: RT @raesmaa: Six Characteristics of Highly Effective change Leaders http://bit.ly/aNKiAB /by @innovate <nothing really new, yet still a useful how-to
thoughttrans: RT @estherderby: Why is it so many mgrs want 2 measure individual productivity of workers, but don’t think abt measuring their own productivity? #orgarch #entarch
CreatvEmergence: 25 Marks of Innovative Brainpower at Work – http://bit.ly/demwwH – via @ArnoldBeekes <a simple survey-type post, but with useful commentary
CreatvEmergence: When 1 connects w/the vast creative source w/in oneself, the need 4 validation by expert opinions drops considerably
CreatvEmergence: The more ambiguity u can hold, the more “wishy-washy” u can appear. But it’s an essential part of the creative process.
DavidGurteen: [Wikipedia] List of cognitive biases http://bit.ly/dxsHJx /gulp! so many <also need list of matching anti-bias tactics?
hebsgaard (via @DavidGurteen): Media File: Video: Nick Milton on Best Practice http://bit.ly/9v9AMq <another solid, clear summary by Nick Milton #km #processarch
unorder: RT @douglipman: New article: Beware the “#Storytelling Voice”! This artificial tone of voice hurts #storytellers, listeners, all of us http://inc.nu/beware <consider also equivalents of ‘Storyteller’s Voice’ in written context, presentation/Powerpoint content etc #narratuve #entarch #e20 #socmedia
kcoreresearch: ‘Do individuals change from learning, as well as learn from changing?’ [PDF] http://icio.us/qapwko #sensemaking etc
kcoreresearch: Nonaka: The Concept of ‘Ba’ (1998) [PDF] http://icio.us/k3gyib <classic article on #km
oscarberg: RT @flowchainsensei: Fulfilled in your work? Zen, Buddhism and Kaizen: http://t.co/eU9yW8P <reflections on work and kaizen – quietly insightful
oscarberg: RT @ConnectIrmeli: “The extent to which we are honest and open about conflict gives a dimension of organizational culture” http://bit.ly/92rEeV #KM <conflict in orgs #orgarch #collaboration
kcoreresearch: Chris Argyris: Double-Loop Learning in Orgs (1977) http://icio.us/cti4j2 <classic #km #systems paper

Social-media, ‘enterprise 2.0’, user-experience and online collaboration:

tetradian: [post] ‘On Twitter-follows: policy and (optional) apology’ http://bit.ly/bnp2LZ #twitter
SAlhir: RT @ideahive RT @timekord: By @VenessaMiemis: Guidelines for Group Collaboration and Emergence http://bit.ly/axYy1j <recommend – long, but worth it #e20 #km also #entarch
oscarberg: RT @roundtrip: Let’s send out signals with #sociology #anthropology and other tags to find who to talk to on #e20 & organizational behavior!
SAlhir: RT @GrahamHill RT @glfceo: @notthisbody: On Social Learning Sensemaking Capacity & Collective Intelligence http://goo.gl/fb/9aeQP <from Open University (UK) – concepts and tools – recommend
kvistgaard: RT @danyellg: Software Industry gave us “feature creep,” now the Blogosphere gives us “Knowledge Creep” http://spuri.us/cuCxz0
oscarberg: Will social intranets create more social businesses? http://bit.ly/9IJuuX #e20 #intranet #collaboration
oscarberg: Blogged: Why Twitter is hard to use | Enterprise 2.0 Blogs http://t.co/pzlHKu1 #e20 <how emergence works in real orgs
oscarberg: RT @Demeto: Excellent post on putting #social media & #e20 security into perspective by @elsua http://is.gd/elh2S > +1
BillIves: Making sense of social-media ROI with Olivier Blanchard http://bit.ly/aXxPly via @SBoSM <same themes apply also to #entarch etc
oscarberg: On Twitter, content is the real currency. Interaction and visibility is a bonus. // On Facebook, content matters less. Interaction and being seen is the currency #socialmedia
SAlhir: RT @ConversationAge How social networks reshape business by reshaping us http://ow.ly/2r3m5 <long (43min) video on social drivers – worth viewing/reviewing when I can invent the time…
davidcushman: RT @neilperkin: Crikey RT @leemcewan UK Treasury publishes list of 100,000 citizen-generated ideas for spending cuts http://bit.ly/957pHF
oscarberg: RT @weknowmore: Social Strategies for Hard Times | Psychology Today http://ow.ly/2qvjG >Importance of connecting #e20 #social
hebsgaard: Collaborative Culture: On Reinventing the Social Enterprise http://tinyurl.com/2admwm5 <great post by @elsua #e20 #entarch
hebsgaard: 4 Ways To Build Instant & Sustainable Trust Online http://tinyurl.com/2vt345s <..by which he means marketing-type trust in terms of design of a website landing-page – but hey, it’s a start… 🙂
oscarberg: Email Usage Drops 28% in Past 12 Months! | Enterprise 2.0 Blogs http://t.co/pgaDohY by @mattcccc // I hardly ever email friends. I use sms, IM, Facebook & phone. When will I be able to do same shift at work? // Fact is, I email less at work too. But email is still people’s default way of communicating at work, which affects my behavior // Today I’ve used sms, IM, Skype, phone, Yammer, Twitter, e-mail. Different comm tool for different situations. // Just forgot…I used Facebook as well, but not really for work
Eclectopedic: RT @Pathfinder: I just posted a new blog entry: “How the Metaverse was Won” http://bit.ly/91ez0P <on networked social signalling / paralinguistic cues #ux
SAlhir: RT @VenessaMiemis 50+ Tools for Online Storytelling http://bit.ly/12bFT via @hrheingold <presentation, slides, audio/video etc – a very useful annotated-index resource
SAlhir: RT @Annemcx RT @__contagious__ Brandon Murphy: True Value of Social Media http://bit.ly/d7bgat <great illustration of some the ways the enterprise extends beyond the organisation or its ‘market’ #entarch #socmedia

IT-architecture, systems-development and technology in general:

SAlhir: RT @jorgebarba: Google to open ‘Google Ideas’ global technology think tank – Google 24/7 – Fortune Tech http://bit.ly/99KMT7
greblhad: Let’s just say that most people in #entarch have not read the #TOGAF 9 specification and those that have should probably read it again <hmm… I have read it, and my annotations in my copy of the printed book on the fundamental problems and flaws in the specification probably total nearly that of the original text…
pallega: RT @RSessions: @pallega Doursat seeks to understand IT complexity. I seek to get rid of it. See my recent patent in this area: http://bit.ly/drgQ5t <important for #itarch, though note that Sessions’ ‘complexity’ is what we might call ‘extreme complication’ – it’s still reducible to a mathematical equation, which is not true of human-complexity and much other real-world complexity
craighepburn: RT @amcafee: The McKinsey article on 10 tech-enabled biz trends includes a reading list for each, which is cool: http://bit.ly/9f1wFW
davidcushman: RT @freecloud: @amcafee @davidcushman I found the 10 McKinsey trends “curates egg” in nature (some v good, some not so) – my riposte http://bit.ly/9lKQCp <very useful assessment of the ’10 McKinsey Tech Trends’
taotwit: RT @mkrigsman: I published “Creating an Enterprise Software Business Case” @Focus at http://bit.ly/deNpdK >> nice intro to the topic #itarch
joemckendrick: Outsourcing: goodbye, multi-million-$ IT ops handovers. Hello, service-oriented micro-outsourcing http://twiq.de/sUL #cloud #cloudcomputing #itarch #bizarch #entarch
theopengroup: RT @DB211178: There is an interesting whitepaper by OGC for using TOGAF and ITIL next to each other at http://bit.ly/98yxij (PDF!) #itarch #entarch
BillIves: via @MarkEggleston Transforming Collaboration Through Strategy & Architecture http://bit.ly/bzmUBh <nice, but it’s only about IT/tech – nothing about the people-side at all.. #e20

Society, culture and corporate social responsibility:

SAlhir: RT @umairh: An incisive, poignant article detailing the death of the american dream. Do not miss. http://bit.ly/bfCPBG <time for some serious thinking – which is notably not happening from government or most sectors of business
SAlhir: RT @CoCreatr RT @simbeckhampson: The ONLY Social Currency Is Time http://ping.fm/QPDu6 @ingenesist << universal currency is Time <I’m sorry, but this just doesn’t work at all – more precisely, no form of currency will work for the purpose for which currencies are the purported ‘solution’
kcoreresearch: A monkey economy as irrational as ours:People and decision making – excellent TED presentation – http://bit.ly/9BMQxk
tebbo: “Rapid advance in addressing climate change is now possible … because global climate policy crashed in 2009″ http://bit.ly/9fHpND
oscarberg: “The truth is all we have” – From today’s chat with #Wikileaks Julian Assange on Swedish news site #DN http://bit.ly/b4LLRt // “If we are to get anywhere as a civilization, we must understand the world and how it operates” – Julian Assange, #Wikileaks
Eclectopedic: Race to the ethical bottom and other consequences of Capitalist myopia: http://bit.ly/bEpbJi by @MaxineUdall <insightful
Bonifer: RT @ericgarcetti: Obama: when you want to move your car forward, you put it in “D”. When you want to move backwards, you put it in “R”. <on the assumption that D=Democrats, R=Republicans, yes, a nice little US-specific irony/analogy… 🙂
CreatvEmergence: RT @davidhodgson – Becoming Part of Global Mind – http://tinyurl.com/24wamum <ideahive: some good ideas, but will admit it feels too much like the bees’ ‘sisterhood’ for my taste… 🙁
Eclectopedic: Funny how something described as a ‘win-win’ situation by one group so often turns out to be a ‘lose-lose’ situation for another.
davidcushman: “@BR3NDA: poor people are experts on poor people. rich people don’t know jack about being poor. << the failure of gov in a nutshell 🙂
aojensen: Journalism Warning Labels: http://bit.ly/aOLVs0 <a nice extension of the logic of film-ratings etc
tetradian: [post] Economics, currency and time http://bit.ly/cwKzjk #economics #society #entarch
oscarberg: RT @weknowmore: Interactive Infographic of the World’s Best Countries – Newsweek http://ow.ly/2rfof <interesting indeed..
SAlhir: RT @Billy_Cox: The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson <social-responsibility in the long-term
jdevoo: BP Sustainability Report 2009 by Ernst & Young <pdf> http://bit.ly/9l0bzt #AA1000 #GRI #looksgood <one of the few companies that is committed to ‘green’ – a point missed in the anti-BP furore
SAlhir: The Economic Collapse Is Fundamentally a Failure of Leadership http://bit.ly/aT2djf
tebbo: Via @tpemurphy CSR Communications 101 – My Take: http://bit.ly/9pf0lL HT @susanmcp1 << Point 2 is number 1 IMHO <useful summary/starter-guide to #csr
tetradian: [post] From rights to responsibilities http://bit.ly/dp1Lay #entarch #economics #society
SAlhir: RT @DanielPink RT @deb_lavoy: More emotionally intelligent signage? http://tweetphoto.com/40450623 <nicely put… 🙂

And, peradventure, the mellifluous morass of miscellanea:

SAlhir: RT @thebrandbuilder: “The difference between humility and passivity” – A post by Steven Pressfield: http://bit.ly/dlwT7C <quiet yet strong recommend – thought-provoking, all of it, including the comments
josvanoosten: RT @TEDchris: As a kid, I flew kites in Kabul. I absolutely love this picture: http://bit.ly/aYwUYk
CreatvEmergence: LOVE this! Draw…create…play…enjoy!! http://www.openrise.com/lab/FlowerPower/ (via @jhagel) <very pretty… 🙂
aojensen: Amazing photos from far away: http://bit.ly/dsxPJ7 <22 stunning images of people by Steve McCurry
Eclectopedic: RT @hrheingold via @jaycross Millennium Whole Earth Catalog (& all the others) scanned & online now: http://bit.ly/9S54bX /Oh, the memories!
(via @thoughttrans) “You’re Damn Right It Sucks” http://bit.ly/aNMGPb <soldier in quietly reflective mood – strong recommend
CreatvEmergence: Rupert Sheldrake’s theory of morphic fields & morphic resonance: http://twm.co.nz/shel-int2.htm – via @h1brian <what makes nature alive? – insightful long interview with Sheldrake #paradigm #biology #society #emergence
ironick: I favorited a YouTube video — Jane Austen’s Fight Club http://youtu.be/r2PM0om2El8?a <splendidly silly… absurdity, irony, parody 🙂
jdevoo: RT @Werner: over 50 years of back issues of Physics Today are online! http://bit.ly/9swYtY #science

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