by Kare Anderson | May 13, 2012 | behavior, Book, Co-Create, collaboration, Collective Intelligence
“We are moving from sharing to cooperation to collective action,” wrote Clay Shirky. “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up,” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. noted long ago. Yet to fully benefit from these insights...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 2, 2011 | behavior, Book, Choice, Collective Intelligence
Coincidences are often signs of synchronicity, yet they aren’t as obvious as some you may see. Unless you are looking for patterns. Then you can notice what you are choosing to notice. Ironically I discovered Daniel Johnson’s article online about meaningful...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 21, 2011 | behavior, Book, collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, Friendship, Listening, Sharing
Odd things can happen when hanging out with those who don’t act right, like you. I got unexpected insights when, with two friends, I walked through the Steins Collection of paintings by Matissse, Picasso and other avant-garde painters in bohemian Paris. In most every...
by Kare Anderson | May 7, 2011 | behavior, Book, Caring, collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Likeability
In a New Yorker cartoon, a bored-looking couple are sitting apart on a couch, facing a smiling therapist who says, “Any healthy relationship requires fundamental acting skills.” Clearly the Michelangelo Effect is not in play. Couples who affirm and support each...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 2, 2010 | Co-Create, collaboration, Collective Intelligence, CrowdSource, Customer, Learning, Local, Peer2Peer
Whether you’re on a project team, party-planning or seeking customers’ input to improve your product you have more chance of success with the right collaborative tools. Often, the trouble is finding the best methods or tools when you need them. Here’s a shareable list...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 17, 2010 | behavior, Book, Collective Intelligence
One Saturday a friend who lives on Nob Hill in S.F. drove a zipcar over to visit me in Sausalito. He was eager to tell me about his trip to Istanbul, paid for by renting out his spare bedroom. Earlier that morning, via a freecycle posting, a stranger picked up some...
