Above and Beyond KM - Latest Comments in People Power

Re: People Power

dluce — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:01:54 -0000

Thanks for this! You have inspired me to take a second look at Elinor Ostrom's work. As it was given, at best, a passing mention in the news here, I did not pay much attention...but what you have outlined above is very important to think about with respect to many global systems.

Re: People Power

VMaryAbraham — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:59:43 -0000

Thanks so much, Doug. This makes for interesting reading. My only regret is that we didn't discover her work years ago!

- Mary

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Lisa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:51:17 -0000

Congratulations to both.

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Doug Cornelius — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:51:47 -0000

Mary -

Just to prove that Elinor is smarted than us, she already has a book on this: Understanding Knowledge as a Commons. http://mitpress.mit.edu/cat...

The introduction is available online: http://mitpress.mit.edu/boo...

Re: People Power

VMaryAbraham — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:35:51 -0000

Thanks very much, Rick. It's interesting that knowledge management has only
recently come to the understanding that command-and-control is not always
(or even usually) the best approach. Elinor Ostrom's work indicates that
ordinary people are quite capable of doing the right thing. Now, those in
authority need to trust people to deliver superior results.

- Mary

Re: People Power

Rick Ladd — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:52:53 -0000

Nice, Mary. I think your points resonate (and even dovetail) nicely with what we were tweeting about this evening . . . and, going to a point I made in the convo, who understands the context of their environment better than those who work in and with it on a daily basis? I think you're on to something here, but the closest I've come to studying economics is the years I studied Marxism; so what do I know? Never mind I've lived in a decidedly Capitalist country (here) all my life. Love that scarf!