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A Guide to Growing a Real Network - Rule #2 Purpose & Trust

It is clear now that the Network will replace the Bureaucracy as the core social design for how humans get things done. So what are the rules for growing a network? I know that all real networks do have rules. Solar systems and galaxie...

How real networks grow - Emergence not Moses! Rule #4

So, if networks are the future, how do we set them up? We are so used to using engineering that we can default into using engineering rules. Real networks ALL "Emerge". This sounds weird but we actually have a lot of experience in ho...

Profitability - the Holy Grail in the Web World - Finding the Network Effect

Jeff Jarvis has fired the opening shot in what I think will be the most productive discussion so far in the media wars.But I think Owens hit on it when he wrote this: “I realized I needed to flip the expense/revenue picture upside down....

Can a conventional organization become a network? A Case Study

I have been posting a lot recently about how networks work. My new book is all about why and how the Network model will take down all those that organize traditionally. So what to do? You have a traditional organization. Can you change ...

Why networks will crush machines - which system will you choose?

This is a Climax Forest. It supplies all that its members need from within. As networks scale, they need less resources from outside the system. As they approach their ideal size, they need none. A big climax forest can go on for cent...

PEI's Declining School Enrollment - An Opportunity?

The PEI Government has just released an excellent report on the School Enrollment Question. You can find the link to the PDF here. As the chart shows, we are at a Tipping Point where the enrollment drops below numbers that can sustain...

What would an economy look like if it was based on a Network Model? Here is a Vision of PEI in 20125

Here is the front page of ann imaginary magazine in 2025 looking at PEI. It tells the story of how PEI transformed itself by adopting a Network Model. After the front page, I attach a pdf file. I think tnat this is entirely possible - w...

At the core of any real network is a "guild" a tightly coupled diverse mini system

Source: smartpei.typepad.com via Rob on Pinterest This is what the hub looks like. Each member of the guild supports the other. It is the opposite of a monoculture. And applies to human natural networks too.

Why Banks as we have now ALWAYS get into trouble and what might work better

We have new media as a result of the network. The network and web is affecting all aspects of life. It will surely transform credit and banking too. Here is why and here is what might take banking as we know its place - a much older ve...

Freelancing - How to "Grow" but not Grow your headaches

Dave Pollard has a great phrase - Grow better not Bigger - this post is all about this perspectiveOne of the reasons many of us become Freelancers is that we don't like to be "Managed" or to "Manage".The irony is that many then go off an...