Bridges To Knowledge: A Blog by Barry Camson

Building A Networked Shared Society

Being in a network opens up the possibility of living with a number of different perspectives, world views, mental models - essentially a number of differing realities. At the same time, being in a network also carries with it the possibility of creating shared space among these many differing realities. The issue in a network is determining what exactly is shared and how much is shared.

The Next Paradigm: Innovation Labs

Ironically, there is nothing new about innovation. It has been with us for a long time - ever since the wheel was invented. Within scientific and organization circles, the methodologies of innovation have also been in use for a while. What is new is that the approaches of innovation have been pulled together and packaged by groups like IDEO into a defined approach that can be used in businesses, offices of government and NGO's. Institutions like MIT have developed venues particularly focused on this defined practice of innovation.These approaches are called Innovation Labs or Social Innovation Labs.