by Kare Anderson | Nov 4, 2012 | Co-Create, collaboration
Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters online community, designed by Backplane, quickly attracted a million unique visitors soon after launching in July 2012. Without relying on Facebook, Lady Gaga is able to host a specific interest, purpose-driven global community where fans...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 17, 2009 | Friendship
… then as we stay in touch on meaningless things, we can eventually work effectively together,” John T. Cacioppo says, observing what is happening with the daily tidbits of news we get about each other via Facebook and Twitter. Ironically, reading online...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 27, 2008 | Book, Collective Intelligence, Podcasts
Bluntly speaking, we are more likely to cooperate in a group when those who don’t get punished. “Darwin had a blind spot. It wasn’t that he didn’t see the role of cooperation in evolution. He just didn’t see how important it is.” Little has changed until...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 16, 2008 | Collective Intelligence, Peer2Peer
… if they lived in communist Russia,” is how an anonymous employee described his company culture. Guess which company. Also, want to know what your boss’ home is worth? And how much does she make? From some of the folks who enabled you to discover the answer to the...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 6, 2008 | collaboration, conference, Cooperation, Customer, entertainment
Some of the most masterful baristas in the U.S. gathered in a hotel lobby in Minneapolis for their annual competition last month, judged by their peers. But this year was different. More excitement. And pressure. Coffee growers, café owners and other baristas and...