Collective creativity
at 4:42pm
on Friday, 13th October 2006
We-think, a new book by Demos associate Charlie Leadbeater, is being published online first, to allow public comments:
"I am releasing the book prior to formal publication next year so that people can comment upon the text, add to it, disagree with it. I hope this open approach to peer review is in itself an experiment in collaborative creativity and will help to create new ways for people to write books and share ideas." - Go to the website
It's not news that a vibrant ideas 'commons' will contribute to innovation (see Lessig), but the book shows just how much newer businesses - many of them online - rely on open source tools and organisation. But the book uses offline examples too, hitting on wider trends in collective self-organisation.
Read more (or less) in Charlie's article in Times2 today.
"I am releasing the book prior to formal publication next year so that people can comment upon the text, add to it, disagree with it. I hope this open approach to peer review is in itself an experiment in collaborative creativity and will help to create new ways for people to write books and share ideas." - Go to the website
It's not news that a vibrant ideas 'commons' will contribute to innovation (see Lessig), but the book shows just how much newer businesses - many of them online - rely on open source tools and organisation. But the book uses offline examples too, hitting on wider trends in collective self-organisation.
Read more (or less) in Charlie's article in Times2 today.
LOGIN to add comments
Comments