Escaping the Age of Speed:New Paradigms of Learning
as Impacted bySocial Technologies
CEO Teemu Arina / Dicole Ltd.2007-11-14
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Who am I?
“Knowledge is power”
Francis Bacon
“Growing new knowledge and connections is power”
Teemu Arina
Dicole Knowledge Work Environment
Areas FeedsWikisBlogs
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The past:speed and repetition, rather than
learning and innovationspeed
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Speed as Absolute Value
Frederic II (King of Sicily 1197–1250)
Photo: Vatican Library
De Arte Venandi cum Avibus(On the Art of Hunting With Birds)
Falcons
One of the fastest creatures on earth
Photo: Kalense Kid
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Horse wagons vs. Iron horsesTowards mechanical speed and predictive control
"good luck, success, prosperity, advancement”- Online Etymology Dictionary
1300 - To go fast1382 - Full speed1569 - To send forth with quickness1856 - To increase the work rate of1866 - Gear of a machine1891 - One who drives fast1965 - Speed reading1967 - Methamphetamine, caffeine etc.
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Speed
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The past:speed and repetition, rather than
learning and innovationrepetition
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An Inconvenient Truth about Schooling
Artist: Lotta Viitaniemi, Story: Kim Forsman & Teemu Arina Ⓒ Dicole Ltd.
Artist: Lotta Viitaniemi, Story: Kim Forsman & Teemu Arina Ⓒ Dicole Ltd.
Today each of us lives several hundred years in a decade
Photo: Lakerae
Marshall McLuhan(1911-1980)
Time
Changes in society
Ability of education to adapt
Problem
The Noble Lie
Ref: Plato, Republic, thanks to Tere Vaden
Rulers
Farmers etc.
Auxiliaries (guardians)
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Noble lie today:Successful organizations need management,
middle management and workers
Schools educate people to fill clearly-definedpositions in organizations
Organization vs. Disorganization
Photos: shapeshift, Wikimedia
• Open Source infrastructure• Linux vs. Windows• Wikipedia vs. Britannica• P2P vs. centralized delivery• Digg vs. editorial control
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Ivan Illich(1996)
We might already be beyond the age of speed, by moving into the age of 'real-time'.
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Social Media
Social Objects Connect People
ContinuousOccasional
Beat Hum
Particle Wave
Videos Blog posts Photos Microblogging Presence
Ref: Jyri Engeström
Anatomy of an Organisation as an Organism
SkeletonAutomation, Real-
time processes, Operative
technologies - Back-bone for business processes
Ref: Teemu Arina, Illustration: Lotta Viitaniemi
SensesBlogs, Microblogs,
Social bookmarking - Reflection in and on action
Nervous systemFeeds, Search, APIs -
Sharing, discovering and tapping into reflections
BrainWikis, tagging -
Connecting and remixing reflectons
Blood systemSocial networking,
Real-time communications,
Network analysis - Optimizing interaction flow
Muscles = Resources?
Neuroplasticity of Organizations
“Changes that occur in the organization [of the brain] as a result of experience”
Ref: Andrew Mason
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The past:speed and repetition, rather than
learning and innovationlearning
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Learning in the age of real-time
Knowledge work becomes
network work
Complementing information with interaction
Vertical communication and information systems
Helpdesk, support, training, intranet, documentation, best practice databases...
Horisontal interaction and social software
Peer production, sharing narratives, cooperative problem-solving, social navigation, social networking...
Not enough in a complex human system!
“Information overload is an opportunity for pattern recognition” – Marshall McLuhan
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Pattern Recognition
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Serendipic Learning
Informal learning
Parasitic Learning
Learner using someone as a teacher through virtual means without the knowledge or consensus of the host
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Fast learning... or slow learning?
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The past:speed and repetition, rather than
learning and innovationinnovation
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Innovation Dilemma
Focus. Purpose. Clarity. Commitment.
Innovation is thought to belike speeding on a tightrope
Throwing darts?...Photo: Will hybrid
...or morelike drivinga bicycle?
Photo: Pörrö
Many organizations look like this
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Greatest innovation of our time is not going to be based on technology, but process
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New Ways of Innovating
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Top-down Innovation Bottom-up Innovation
Inspiration Executives Customers
DriversExisting assets, products
and positioningDeep observation of
customer needs
Interaction Structured and controlled Spontaneous
Strategy Go to the customer Invite and engage customer
Process Linear well-defined Emergence
TechniquesMarket research, surveys,
focus groups
Online communities, crowdsourcing, peer-
production, search, blogging
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Command & Control
becomes
Collaboration and Communication
Crowdsourcing
Taking a job traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined,
generally large group of people
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Goldcorp Inc. story
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Future of Mankind
Technology as an extension of the body
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Marshall McLuhan(1911-1980)
Human Evolution
Homo Habilis2.5m - 1.8m years agoBrain: 500 - 800 cc
Tools
Homo Sapiens250k years agoBrain: 1000-1850 cc
Art, writing, speech
Homo Erectus1.8m - 70k years agoBrain: 950 - 1100 cc
Advanced tools
“Man the Wise” - Carl Linneaus
Homo Contextus
Contextus = connected or weaved together
Context = Circumstances in which an event occurs
Homo habilis → Homo sapiens: Brain size increases physically
Homo sapiens → Homo contextus: Brain size increases virtually
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Connected human escapes the physical limitations of human commubication with modern
network technologies and distributes its cognition
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”
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Contact info
CEO Teemu ArinaDicole Ltd.050 – 555 [email protected]: tarina.blogging.fiwww.dicole.com
• Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers (Robert Scoble)
• The Medium is the Message (Marshall McLuhan)• Complex Responsive Processes in Organizations: Learning and Knowledge Creation (Ralph
Stacey)• The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Thomas Friedman)• Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
(Jay Cross)• Deschooling Society (Ivan Illich)• The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth (Clayton Christensen)• The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual (Christopher Locke)• Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (Henry Jenkins)• The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom (Yochai
Benkler)• Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape (Henry Chesbrough)• The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More (Chris Anderson)• Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Don Tapscott)• Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change (Clayton
Christensen)• Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages
(Carlota Perez)• The Social Life of Information (John Seely Brown)• Wisdom of the Crowds (James Surowiecki)• Complexity and Innovation in Organizations (Jose Fonseca)
Reading
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Collision ofOld and New
Business Cannibalism
Luddites
Convergence culture
Content is only a shared object for relationships
Madonna
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