 What I'm thinking about, and planning on writing (and podcasting) about soon:
Just about the same as last week's list
-- got sidetracked last week on some heavy metaphysical and
epistemological internal dialogue. Needed to think out loud, and thanks
to all for your forbearance and guidance on that. Still feeling that
something big is about to happen in my life -- many synchronicities
happening all last week and the week before. Have to slow down and
enjoy the ride, or as Siona advised -- breathe. Here's what's coming up:
Good Working Models of Social Networking:
I mentioned last week that what's missing in Web 2.0 are
good working models, 'templates', forms, stories that we can use to sell the concept
and to illustrate to the unfamiliar what is possible
with these tools and methods. I've done some research on this, because
I may be doing a presentation on this now in the fall, or perhaps even
an 'unconference'. I realize that such models and templates are very
context-specific, but they're still valuable, even to those who don't
share the context. We are capable of replicating success by analogy if
we have a good story to work from. But when it comes to good working
models of wikis and blogs in organizations, I've found very few good
success stories, and some of the ones I've investigated are suspect.
Maybe we need to get together and co-design some for each other?
Staying Well: Lately I've been asserting that we don't do anything unless and until we must, even if it's good for us. Need that scare to get religion,
and all that. Since I'm doing some work in emergency preparedness these
days, this is a problematic point of view. It's a challenge as well
when you have a chronic disease you're trying to determine the cause of
and cure for, and are otherwise telling yourself and others of the
importance of staying well because of all the important work we have to
do (among other reasons). How do we take the steps needed to stay
healthy (physically and mentally) when it's not in our nature to be
preemptive?
Blog-Hosted Conversations:
Still planning on making my first
few podcasts really focused on the subjects that intersect on this
blog, and planning the way forward with readers who are where I am:
- Let-Self-Change: Acquiring the skills, capacities and
resilience we need as individuals to be able to contribute effectively
to making the world a better place
- Finding People: Instead of
trying to do important things alone, finding the people whose passions
and gifts complement our own, and who share our sense of purpose.
- What
Do We Do?: Deciding what's possible, how we can contribute, how and
when to act instead of just writing and thinking, to show instead of
telling, to be a model for others.
- Creating Natural Enterprise versus Walking Away: The role of work in a world where work seems to be part of the problem.
As I think about it, most of the important conversations I've had in the last few years have really been about these subjects.
I've
received some great suggestions on BHC's over the past week, and I'm
still looking for more, including the best editing tool for sound
recordings. What have your important conversations been about these
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