references

Our projects span different disciplines, regions and cultures. We seek to apply Web-native design principles and capabilities to problems of information sharing and collaboration.  Below is a selection of the books, blogs, articles, references, and videos that we turn to for inspiration. We welcome your feedback and comments.

References

  • Focus on social/cultural incentive structures for building unity of purpose across organizations, and be ready to accommodate differing business cultures.

    Guy Ben-Ari, Thomas M. Sanderson, David Gordon
  • Be wary of solutions looking for problems, and focus on organizational readiness to engage.

    Willem Muhren, Meeri-Maria Jaarva, Kristiina Rintakoski, Jari Sundqvist
  • As with proprietary technology, commercial platforms operate at the discretion of shareholders.  Users do not own the platform.

    Jonathan Zittrain
  • Information policies must support the “need to share” across organizations for the sake of the greater mission, rather than hinder the success of cooperation.

    Rebecca Linder
  • Understand and learn to leverage productive potential beyond traditional industrial models.

     

    Yochai Benkler
  • We've moved from an industrial to an information age where context rich information can be shared and communicated "to the edge" of an organization, thereby shaking up traditional hierarchies -- for both good and bad.

    David S. Alberts, Richard E. Hayes