Learn to Adapt

• Web 2.0: The Future of Collaborative Government | Federal Government | State Government - Deloitte LLP - The high-level summary is still to come, but this page includes a 10 minute video and links to information about the speakers when "On June 3, 2008, Deloitte and the National Academy of Public Administration convened a group of government leaders, subject matter experts and forward thinkers to develop a road map to help the next administration navigate the work force and organization changes that need to occur to move to a more collaborative model of government."
• Gartner sees Hype Cycle for Social Software « Shepherd’s Pi - Nice summary post from Lewis Shepherd on Gartner's 2008 Hype Curve that shows )amongst many other things) that “Web 2.0 software” is falling from its “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and is on its way to a “Trough of Disillusionment.”

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• The Amorality of Web 2.0 - Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: - Nicholas Carr's 2005 post that postulates Web 2.0 social knowledge capture (Wikipedia fo instance) may have a net negative effect on society by displacing more expensive professional alternatives. (And boy is he right about blogosphere echolalia).
• Groundswell - Winning ia a World Transformed by Social Technologies - A great page supporting their Groundswell book, includes two ten-minute clips of Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff talking about how companies can use Web 2.0 technologies to empower people in their organizations (Enterprise 2.0).

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• Poking Holes In The Long Tail Theory - An updated view of the Long Tail. No big news here - it has always been an "leverage the tail in addition to the head" not a "leverage the tail instead of the head" proposition.
• Dawn of the Un-book — Internet Time Blog - Jay Cross takes a look at the decline of book readership and proposes the "un-book" to consumerize authors work. Includes interesting statistics about book reading in the US

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• All Sites Must Go Social - "Companies are integrating social media applications into their own site to add personalization and create a sense of community." Think of how this can be used to turn any e-learning site into a social learning site!
• Wasps Reveal Clues about the Evolution of Intelligence: Scientific American - Experts have long suspected that complex social interaction drove the evolution of large brains in humans. Now a study in wasps supports and refines that theory: it seems that dominant individuals have larger brain regions responsible for higher-order cog
• Web Strategy: The Three Spheres of Web Strategy (and the skills required) - A great graphic model from Jeremiah Owyang about the balance of community, business, and tech needed for successful websites. Like most three-legged stool models, it can be extrapolated to other things such as biz in general.
• Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp - Applied Trends - I'm greatly looking forward to joining Scott Gavin for the first delivery of the Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp in London on 30 September. If you will be in London that time, please join us for a great day of strategic learning.

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These are my links for May 12th:

• Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb - A glimpse into the explosion of crowdsourcing sources. This will have a huge impact in the way organizations staff, work, and produce. People must learn to hone the social network skills and work with ad-hoc teams.
• Digital Age Assessment: Part 2 > April 22, 2008 - From Harry Grover Tuttle (I'm not making that name up): "A look at how technology use in formative assessments improves feedback and reporting opportunities."

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