Personalizing Collaborative Work … Individuals and Co-creation  |  October 24, 2008  

My friend / colleague Harold Jarche maintains an highly informative blog and website focused on elearning and the design and application of social computing to learning and effective knowledge work.

He recently uncovered an interesting graphic that speak to the notion of the individual user operating in an ongoing flow of information, taking in information and and co-creating knowledge while operating in continuous flows of information.  It is increasingly apparent that individual cognitive styles and work habits must be considered as a key element in the process of collaboration, and I have commented on this issue in a previous post … I’ll Do It My Way - The Mass Customization of Knowledge Work.

I’m unable at the moment to upload the image but will keep working on a way to do so.  In the meantime, motor on over to the blog post that sets out the position of the Amplified Individual and take a look at how the individual sits at the center of flows and co-creation.

The Amplified Individual

Forecast Clusters:
Highly - Collaborative, Social; Improvisational; Augmented

Dilemma:
Collective Creation vs Individual Recognition

Signals:
Co-working Arrangements; Teamwork in Virtual Environments; Social Filtering; Life Hacks; Visualization Tools

Underlying Technologies:
Sense Making & Visualization; Ubiquitous Displays; Amplified Collaboration Tools