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Using Bloomer to Understand Complex Situations
Jack Park
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Project: http://code.google.com/p/bloomer/
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Understand Sensemaking Patterns
Apply those patterns using the Bloomer platform
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"Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
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―Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought.‖
Albert Szent-Györgyi
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We are starting a conversation
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Do not trust a word I say here
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I must earn your trust
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It is not enough that I am here talking with you
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Trust among all of us must be earned
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Earning Trust
Collective Intelligence at work
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Trust grows with reputation
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Reputation grows through
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Authenticity
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Honesty
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Transparency
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Participation
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Let us begin that conversation
I shall start with a question, then offer a possible answer…
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What does sensemaking mean?
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Working together to discover ways to make senseout of complex situations—to research, discuss, and understand a situation
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Claim:Collective Intelligence is all about conversation
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What does conversation mean to you?
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Audience Conversation
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Debates may not rise above what the participants know; new understandings may not emerge
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Primary context: Climate Change
http://debatewise.org/debates/200-climate-change-is-the-end-of-the-world
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Thoughtful conversations bring new understandings to the participants – discoveries are possible
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http://www.climatecollaboratorium.org/web/guest/debates#debate=314;item=-1
Primary context: Climate Change
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Conversations that can be represented as collections of simple:
Questions
Answers or statements
Supporting (Pro) arguments
Opposing (Con) arguments
Can be organized in a Conversation Map
Dialogue Map
Argument Map
Issue Map
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What does the idea: sensemaking patternsmean to you?
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Audience Conversation
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Observing Situations and Events Asking Questions Preparing Answers
Collecting information Finding Tagging Annotating Connecting ideas
Presenting Answers Debating Answers
Supporting Opposing
Sharing Information and Conversations Federating in a library of shared resources
Image: Wikipedia
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We shall
Observe several people using sensemaking patterns
Some independent
Some collaborating
Witness the emergence of an important information resource that is new knowledge
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Joe is in Medical School studying to be a doctor
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Joe is preparing for a test on Bacterial Infections
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Joe performs a web search to find information on Bacterial Infection
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Joe selects a web page to study
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Joe discovers an important idea
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―Thus, if a bacterial infection occurs …, macrophages will produce reactive oxygen to counteract the infection…‖
Reactive oxygen also known as ―free
radicals‖
Important idea
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Joe records his discovery and adds tags to identify the new information
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Immune Response
Bacterial Infection
Macrophage
Free Radical
Reactive Oxygen
macrophages usefree radicals to
kill bacteria
Bookmark page with these tags
Annotate page with this idea
Use Collective Intelligence tools to record discoveries
Image: Wikipedia
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Joe’s big discovery
macrophages usefree radicals to
kill bacteria
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Sarah lives a healthy lifestyle
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Sarah read that free radicalscan cause cancer
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Sarah does a web search on free radicals
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Sarah selects a web page to study
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Sarah discovers an important idea
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―Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the
chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged‖
Important idea
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Sarah records her discovery and adds tags to identify the new information
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Antioxidant
Free Radical
Bookmark page with these tags
antioxidantskill
free radicals
Annotate page with this idea
Use Collective Intelligence tools to record discoveries
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Sarah’s big discovery
antioxidantskill
free radicals
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Angel is a cancer patient with recurring bacterial infections
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Angel visits a collective intelligence portal to research bacterial infections
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Angel becomes curious about free radicals—a new concept to him
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Angel makes a discovery
antioxidantskill
free radicals
¡Ay, caramba! What’s this all
about?
macrophages usefree radicals to
kill bacteria
―Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought.‖
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Angel makes a decision
Sounds like I should not take any
more antioxidant pills!
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Angel shares his discovery
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antioxidantskill
free radicals
macrophages usefree radicals to
kill bacteria
Add a new Connection
between the two ideas
Use Collective Intelligence tools to record discoveries
Must Avoid
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Olivia is a Medical Doctor interested in immune system subjects
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Olivia discovers Angel’s new connection and has some thoughts…
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antioxidantskill
free radicals
macrophages usefree radicals to
kill bacteria
Need to restate this information
―Must Avoid‖ doesn’t really
convey a proper sense of reality
Must Avoid
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Olivia adds new information to the Collective Intelligence portal
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antioxidantskill
free radicals
Contraindicates
macrophages usefree radicals to
kill bacteria
Antioxidants
Because
Create a new set of representations by connecting the two core concepts and
explaining the connection
Olivia gets bonus points for justifying her assertion.
Use Collective Intelligence tools to record discoveries
Bacterial Infection
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Olivia’s contribution is contested: a conversation begins
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ContraindicatesBacterial Infection Antioxidants
Use Collective Intelligence tools to start conversations
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The conversation grows and new information is gained
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―Compromised host‖ as a new concept to be represented in
the knowledge base
Use Collective Intelligence tools to conduct conversations
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Olivia’s contribution is now improved with new information
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antioxidantskill
free radicals
Contraindicates
macrophages usefree radicals to
kill bacteria
Bacterial Infection Antioxidants
Because
Appropriate For
Compromised Host
Use Collective Intelligence tools to record discoveries
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Possibly life-saving new knowledge was co-constructed by people who don’t even know each other
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Imagine what can happen when people who share the same goals come together using the same patterns and tools