Comments on: Is Your Job An Open System? http://aidontheedge.info/2010/01/14/is-your-job-an-open-system/ Exploring complexity & evolutionary sciences in foreign aid Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:39:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Colleen http://aidontheedge.info/2010/01/14/is-your-job-an-open-system/#comment-165 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:39:08 +0000 http://aidontheedge.info/?p=506#comment-165 Thank you for sharing. This was a very valuable article.

It actually parallels a challenge I have been facing as I look forward and see that there are very few job descriptions that fit with the type of passions and skills in organizational change and knowledge management that I have.

]]> By: Multitude Project http://aidontheedge.info/2010/01/14/is-your-job-an-open-system/#comment-149 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:34:44 +0000 http://aidontheedge.info/?p=506#comment-149 The new technology transforms the way we are going about creating and distributing value.
Collaboration and coordination tools enable creative and productive networks to span the entire globe. Their power lies on their ability to bring together resources scattered across the entire planet. These distributed networks are also very well suited to operate on very scarce resources. The classical examples are the GNU/Linux and the Wikipedia projects, which cannot be realized on a limited population base, or within a limited geographical area, because of the low density of skilled volunteers. The Internet and specialized software makes it possible for these productive systems to achieve critical mass, by pulling together very scarce resources from across the world. And let’s not forget that creative and knowledgeable individuals are a scarce resource. Classical hierarchical entities can also capitalize on the new technology, but their closed architecture and their individualistic and overly competitive mentality makes them less inclusive and less social, therefore, their capacity to extract potential from the new technology is diminished. Open distributed networks, if they are organized based on sound principles, and are well managed, they possess an inherent advantage in today’s global and networked economy.

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