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Creative cathedrals and constrained bazaars
24/02/2012
In 1997, the renowned open source advocate Eric Raymond published an online essay entitled "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". Later published as a book, Raymond's demonstration described two antithetical models of organization which he derived from his years of activity in the field of open source software.
Notes from the underground
24/02/2012
It is one thing to borrow a title from Dostoyevsky's novel. It is another entirely to give new sense to an expression and to provide insights regarding a term that modern social science has coined to describe nearly everything that does not fall within the realm of the institutionalized community. The underground, as it stands, is "everything below". Some fear it, some embrace it, but very few attempt to describe it per se.
The apple is in the details
24/02/2012
We speak of Apple relentlessly as one of the most interesting, innovative, and creative firms of modern times. Few experts in the realm of creative management are able to go a full hour without mentioning either Apple or its mythical founder, Steve Jobs.
Losing it : creativity and craziness in contemporary social science
24/02/2012
The notion that economists and managers should have something to say about creative processes is slowly making its way in both scientific and artistic milieus.
Learning Organisation 2.0
16/02/2012
The concept of learning organisation has been around for a while now. A learning organisation is an organisation where all has been put into to place so that employees create, acquire and share their knowledge on a natural and continuous basis. Learning organisations rely in part on KM initiatives and collaboration tools which act on the environment’s culture. It is a state of mind, as much as an approach.
The time it takes
14/02/2012
The idea that the even the most traditional organizations are not immune to the imperatives of innovation and creativity has gained support over recent years with both policy-makers and researchers. The transformation of competitive environments as well as the internal renewal that stems from younger generations more familiar with technological tools have created imperatives for creative change, both in products and processes.
Web 2.0 tools and participatory citizenship
14/02/2012
"Web 2.0 is the first and only Marxist revolution to have ever succeeded" This is how Eric Scherer - director, forecasting and new media at France Television - begins his presentation on how the production of information and knowledge is undergoing its worst crisis since Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 15th century.
ATELYA and VOIRIN Consultants
13/05/2010VOIRIN Consultants is now present in Canada through the ATELYA Group. Over the last few months the ATELYA Group, a new subsidiary of VOIRIN Consultants, has officially launched its operation in Montreal. This expansion to Canadian soil is a reflection of VOIRIN Consultants’ interest in developing its expertise by adopting and implementing best practices from an international basis of consultants, contributing to the North-American markets its 30 years of experience.
