Yesterday I read a really interesting story about a project to develop a new tool for researchers at the massive CERN laboratory (the folks who made that gigantic particle accelerator in Switzerland) to collaborate and share expertise more effectively. It’s a great complement to what John Seely Brown and John Hagel recently wrote about growing [...]
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No I haven’t forgot about the little endeavour I launched in May: I started thinking we need someplace to just try stuff. If it works, then great: we can replicate it on our own sites or even develop something more permanent, public, and professional. If it doesn’t work, then that’s ok too: without actually losing [...]
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It’s now one month-minus-a-day since I launched the LDNbeta dingy into its big, open, blue ocean. After pushing it a little this-way-and-that to see how the creative winds and currents move — I have a pretty good idea of what it is and what can be done with it. Ironically, those currents don’t seem to flow London’s [...]
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