Trends in the Living Networks

JANUARY 30, 2007

This has always been true, but in our hyper-connected world the fundamental networked nature of our world is coming to the fore. In my book Living Networks I described how these networks are now coming to life. Organizational network analysis (ONA) has been adopted as a powerful management tool by many leading organizations.

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AUGUST 3, 2007

From the very beginning of the social networking space, with the launch of sixdegrees.com in 2000 (which gave up the ghost in January 2002), the fundamental underlying issue was whether social networks would be entirely exclusive and competitive, or whether they would in some way integrate to create a global social networking space.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Successful Enterprise 2.0 About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Successful Enterprise 2.0

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MAY 7, 2008

I first came across his work in the mid-1990s, when he was one of the first people in world applying social network analysis approaches to organizations, for his then-employer BHP. Many other great reports and industry network maps are available from the Optimice website. Laurie says on his inaugural post : Now to the governance bit.

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DECEMBER 17, 2007

Ultimately the only thing that cannot be replicated and commoditized is a deep, collaborative, “knowledge-based” relationship. This requires, among other capabilities, b uilding effective networks to deliver value to their clients. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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MARCH 28, 2008

For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! The issue of how countries can support productive media activity is something I will spend considerably more time on over the next years, as this is one of the fundamental drivers of national economic success.

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APRIL 15, 2008

He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies , future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network , leading events firm The Insight Exchange , and influence ratings start-up Repyoot. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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AUGUST 15, 2007

While this is still a relatively new field, we are beginning to uncover some very specific approaches and applications to industry network analysis. This new network analysis goes considerably deeper, analyzing the change in industry structure before and after a significant acquistion, by Macquarie Media Group of Southern Cross Broadcasting.

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APRIL 22, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Launch of Living Networks - Anniversary Edition! For the full Table of Contents and free chapter downloads see the Living Networks website or the Book Launch/ Preface to the Anniversary Edition.

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MARCH 21, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Keynote speech on the future of investment | Main | Web 2.0 Over the last decade most major organizations have implemented key client programs or strategic account initiatives in various forms.

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AUGUST 25, 2007

International networks in accounting, law, consulting, and other professional services have flourished over the last years as small to mid-sized firms have sought the benefits of belonging to a network. Yet the reality is that the degree of collaboration within most of these networks is, to put it kindly, far less than it could be.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « The power of Enterprise Mashups | Main | Interview on SkyBusiness TV: the state of the Yahoo! Microsoft battle » What is Enterprise 2.0? – Executive Forum.

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APRIL 10, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Mobile social networking, meaning virtual networks bringing people physically together, will inevitably be a pervasive application | Main | More media coverage of Enterprise 2.0

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DECEMBER 18, 2006

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Speaking about corporate innovation and the future of business | Main | Happy holidays! Have a browse through to see some of the more interesting trends in the landscape.

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AUGUST 1, 2007

For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Details below - click through to get the invitation and registration details. Ill provide some of the content on this blog around the time of the speech. Hope to see you there! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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JUNE 11, 2007

I’ll be doing a keynote titled: We, Evolved: networks of influence: The power of the social network - word of mouth, buzz, curation – has never been stronger. Can we, the marketer, influence these networks overtly or only covertly? Can we, the marketer, influence these networks overtly or only covertly?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Lloyds TSB pilots social media | Main | BRW Digital Edition: new-style journalism and some insights into Web 2.0 » Will libraries disappear in 2019? Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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JULY 1, 2007

The author is Mark Pesce , noted for being the co-inventor of VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) (which I was a big fan of when it came out – I wrote about it in my first book which came out in 2000) and his immoderate thoughts on the future of media – in other words an extremely credible commentator on an often muddied field.

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MAY 7, 2008

For the full Table of Contents and free chapter downloads see the Living Networks website or the Book Launch/ Preface to the Anniversary Edition. For the full Table of Contents and free chapter downloads see the Living Networks website or the Book Launch/ Preface to the Anniversary Edition. The same recommendations still apply.

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MARCH 3, 2008

It quotes me as follows: According to Ross Dawson, chairman of the Future Networks think tank, other obstacles will also frustrate users looking for a portable mobile computing solution. examines how mobile phones, PDAs, portable computers and more are converging. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Future Exploration Network. In 2009, companies will truly embrace social networks, blogs, and other Web 2.0 He is CEO of consulting firm Advanced Human Technologies , based in Sydney and San Francisco, and Chairman of Future Exploration Network , a global events and consulting firm specializing in the future of business.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Great review of Enterprise 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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MAY 12, 2006

I have no doubt that the analysis techniques used on this data were primarily network mapping, using software such as Netmap , which I described in an earlier article on social networks and intelligence applications. Searching for patterns in this data is a network analysis application, and the state of the art is pretty good now.

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OCTOBER 16, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Implementing Web 2.0 Products and technology-based services are increasingly commoditized, however specialist expertise is becoming more valuable. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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MAY 22, 2006

This squarely puts Microsoft into a space – enterprise social network software – that has previously been populated by Spoke , Visible Path , Contact Networks , and Tacit. Many organizations seem to think the enterprise social network software will provide an immediate solution, and many have stumbled already in applying these tools.

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MAY 10, 2008

MySpace and Facebook are providing ways to open out users’ access to their data on those social networks. I wrote last year about how the dominant platform in technology is shifting to social networks , and the inexorable trend to openness in social networks. Permalink | View blog reactions Categories : Social networks , Web 2.0

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AUGUST 28, 2007

It’s another issue to uncover which are the most relevant social networks for your professional life, and to use these effectively. The most important connections for most professionals (who are deep knowledge specialists in their domain of expertise) are their peers. Reuters networking. INmobile.org.

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APRIL 22, 2008

Free download of entire book Ross Dawson, April 22, 2008 4:42 AM US PT Living Networks has just been relaunched in an Anniversary Edition, to mark five years since its original publication by Financial Times/ Prentice Hall in November 2002. So just come back to the blog or Living Networks website regularly or subscribe on your RSS reader.

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AUGUST 27, 2007

How well-informed you are depends largely on the quality of your personal network, and how effectively you can gather and trade information through the people you know. For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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FEBRUARY 15, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Announcing: Web 2.0 Part of my presentation covered how effective organizational networks underpin the ability to create value. Without them, communication can break down.

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AUGUST 7, 2006

I have broken this out as a separate piece here, as many people interested in industry network analysis may not have delved into the report. I have broken this out as a separate piece here, as many people interested in industry network analysis may not have delved into the report. New media companies such as Yahoo!,

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JANUARY 28, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « DataPortability looks set to massively increase the value of the Net to users | Main | Digg, DataPortability, and business models » 2008 will be the year of Enterprise 2.0

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APRIL 13, 2007

Yet social networking is not just about friends and personal networks. Applying social networks in the enterprise is a sweet spot that has massive potential value. Spoke had a unique model at the time, providing both social networking applications inside the enterprise, as well as a public version of their application.

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OCTOBER 2, 2006

He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies , future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network , leading events firm The Insight Exchange , and influence ratings start-up Repyoot. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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OCTOBER 23, 2007

Richard Watson of Future Exploration Network has created a fabulous article on the future of newspapers titled Delivering Tomorrow’s Newspaper , written from the perspective of 2020. For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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JULY 21, 2006

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « The social nature of Search 2.0 | Main | Mobile traffic data will pressure local radio » Being in two places at the same time Ross Dawson, July 21, 2006 5:02 PM US PT I really like this.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « David Holloway on Des Walsh’s new Social Media Show: Virtual worlds and Enterprise 2.0 | Main | Do social network technologies make us better or worse off as a society?

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