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When a Citizen Dialogue is really just a Mob

Two years ago I wrote this piece outlining how Citizen Assemblies violate the conditions Surowiecki outline as necessary to create a wise crowd. My point was to show how there is a fine line between when a dialogue becomes a group monologue, or worse, just a mob. Those who engage in policy discussions need to [...]

¶ Posted 14 September 2009 | David Eaves § commentary § public policy ‡ Comments ° Tagged: british columbia, citizen assemblies, commentary, dialogue, environmentalism, imagine BC, negotiation, public policy

SXSWi Panel: Fostering Collaborative Open Source Communities

Yesterday I saw this academic journal article and was reminded about how an individuals behaviour can negatively impact and groups productivity. In his article “Overlooked but not untouched: How incivility reduces onlookers’ performance on routine and creative tasks.” in the Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (109: 29-44) Amir Erez describes how even just witnessing [...]

¶ Posted 31 August 2009 | David Eaves § open source § technology ‡ Comments ° Tagged: collaboration, community management, mozilla, negotiation, open, open source

Creating the Open Data Bargain in Cities

Embedded below is the talk I’ve given to both community hackers (at Open Web Vancouver) as well as City of Vancouver Staff regarding the opportunities and challenges around open data and the open motion. (Here’s an update on where Vancouver is at courtesy of some amazing work by city staff).
For those willing to brave through [...]

¶ Posted 27 July 2009 | David Eaves § free culture § open source § public policy § public service sector renewal § technology § vancouver ‡ Comments ° Tagged: free culture, negotiation, open data, OpenCities, public service sector renewal, technology, vancouver

Negotiating – how not to manage tension

Last week Rob Cottingham pointed me to ReadWriteStart piece entitled Learn to Negotiate and Close. It’s filled with some good – if unfortunately titled – advice particularly around focusing on listening and not derailing a deal by talking too much (“Two Ears, One Mouth”) as well as speaking to your client/prospective partner’s interests (“Wait Until [...]

¶ Posted 07 July 2009 | David Eaves § ‡ Comments ° Tagged: business strategy, mozilla, Negotiating, negotiation, trust

why collaborative skills matter in open source

For the past several years now I’ve been talking about how community management – broadly defined as enhancing a community\’s collaborative skills, establishing and modeling behaviour/culture and embedding development tools and communications mediums with prompts that “nudge” us towards collaborative behaviour – is imperative to the success of open source communities. (For those interested in [...]