Worth a Look: Systems Community of Inquiry

The Systems Community of Inquiry is an open, worldwide network of individuals interested in systems thinking, the systems sciences and/or systems practice. Inquiry is “an activity which produces knowledge” (Churchman, 1971).  We’re more than a community of interest, but less than a community of practice (Wenger, 1999).  Our interactions as a community will (i) foster …

Search: holacracy

OSINT Conference veterans will remember 1997 Pinchot (US) Beyond Bureaucracy: The Rise of the Intelligence Organization.  The book, still relevant, is End of Bureaucracy and the Rise of the Intelligent Organization. Holacracy is new to us, and for that we thank the searcher.  While we are skeptical of any single solution, and have spent the …

Review: Blue Gold–The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water

6 Star Plus Foundation Work, August 28, 2010 Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke I read the authors’ more recent Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water yesterday and watched the also more recent Blue Gold: World Water Wars last night, all in the context of raeding 12 …

Review: State of the World 2010–Transforming Cultures–From Consumerism to Sustainability

Top of the Fives, A Bold Departure Elegantly Executed August 25, 2010 Erik Assadourian et al I’ve become someone jaundiced about the State of the World series, while always respecting the persistence of Lester Brown (Peter Drucker called people like us “mono-maniacs” essential as change agents), but this one knocked me off my seat just …

Search: Information Mapping (2010 Update)

Below is updated information followed by the original response. With the permission of Robert Horn, a co-founder of Earth Intelligence Network and also the “owner” of the term “information mapping,” we have posted his seminal work in easy to download and exploit segments: Reference: Mapping Hypertext (1989) Latest example of Robert Horn’s work: Reference: Sustainable …

Review: The World Is Open–How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education

6 STAR Wake Up Call for All Educators August 19, 2010 Curtis J. Bonk UPDATE 21 Aug 2010 to add two graphics. I’ve seen educators struggle to herd their faculty cats, hire staff under industrial-era rules, and strive to accommodate students that know more than their professors about anything outside the “teach to test” topic. …