Tweet Why are organizations victim to “negative, culturally-driven patterns&# while cities are not, asks Patrick Lambe at Green Chameleon. In a most interesting paper, Patrick examines why organizations seem to  sabotage  themselves; why cities grow, corporations die and life gets faster ; how the food price index is linked to political instability; and a long discussion on the role of witchcraft in most societies. How Collectives Inhibit Insight (PDF) synthesizes much of my own recent thinking, on bureaucracy  and the emergent nature of corporate culture. They just happen. MORE >>

Mobile use continues to expand in the workplace and learning is an excellent use case. have recently seen a number of lists of mobile learning tips. Here is a cumulative list of tips we found helpful. The sources are noted and links to them are below the list. 1. Find a problem with learning or performance first, think about learning next, and mobile learning last. Upside Learning blog) (Mobl21) In others words do not start with the solution as often happens when new tools become available. 2. ” 3. MORE >>

Here are 6 things to keep in mind when facilitating a 3D virtual world class or discussion. Preparing for a class discussion in a 3D virtual immersive environment. Maintain proper social distances between your avatar and others. People treat the 3D virtual space as an actual physical space. In physical space, social norms require distances between people when they are engaged in conversation. In the 3D virtual world maintain those same social distances to make the learners feel comfortable. Learn to work the various camera views within the virtual world. Laughing. Clapping. MORE >>

I got my Google+ invite back in July (Thanks Derek) but it's been quite a busy summer so I put off getting to know Google+ until now. Being the big Google/Android fan I am, this is long overdue. In this post I write up my first impressions. You can get to Google+ by going to [link]. My first reaction after getting into it was very reserved. found myself making lots of comparisons to Facebook. Indeed it is very similar to Facebook on the surface. For example, Google+ has a "+1" option which is the same as a Facebook "Like". Circles. This will be your way of categorizing relationships. Stream. MORE >>

Earlier this summer Enspire’s media arm, Houndstooth , worked with AMD to create a piece showcasing high performance Radeon GPUs. All production occurred on the 3rd floor of our 1708 Guadalupe Street hive. MORE >>