Renegade Networks:

How We Can Save the World, Make a Little Cash & Get to the Party Before Midnight

Leigh W. Jerome, Ph.D.Summer, 2011

From the moment we are born…

we begin organizing information

We categorize information -

…so we can understand the world

…we can communicate

…so we can create new knowledge

We organize informationfrom our own point of view

We perceive and store all the information

we take in with an egocentric bias.

We organize our networks the same way

We organize information into categories

Historically knowledge has been organized into categories and hierarchies.

We organize education the same way

Education is organized into disciplines - by particular areas of knowledge and expertise.

Knowledge is highly specialized

As technology and information becomes

more complex and sophisticated,

knowledge has become elite and specialized.

Our tools for organizing information have changed

Knowledge

Acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique

Accelerating Innovation

Trust

A belief in character, ability, integrity, familiarity, and morality

Respect

Willingness to show consideration or appreciation

Communication

An act or instance of transmitting

Problem Solving Strategies

How to get from the current state to a goal state

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Triple Helix Collaboration

Cross sector collaboration between government, industry, and academia

Boundary Spanning

When individuals or units mediate information and knowledge-sharing across organizational boundaries

Robust ICT Tools

Easy to use, stable and secure Information and Communication Technology tools

Enabling Environment

Appropriate tools, policies and frameworks

Accelerated Innovation

Introducing, accepting, and implementing a new idea, process, product, or service at a faster pace

Social networks have NOT changed

The technology of social networks have evolved but our networks remain egocentric, arranged around our interests, needs and friends

We’d really like to save the world

The big problems are so big -

But we get involved anyway

We need to make a little cash

The problem is incentives…

• We work long hours

• Unemployment is high

• Benefits are low

• Labor force is stretched

…there are none

• We are rewarded for

staying in our silos

• No incentives to cross

across boundaries

Any chance of getting to the party?

The problem is time…

• We work very hard

• Work is always on

• The pace of life is fast

• We have families

and careers

• Is it just about buying stuff?

• Communities with purpose

• Working together

• Building a better world

…but what is our time for?

The Solution - Renegade Networks

There are models:

- Wikipedia

- InnoCentive

- Twitter

- Quirky

• We need a network that gives us incentives for busting silos

• We need a network that empowers us to collaborate in ways we can’t think of alone

• We need a network that helps us to build a better world, together

We need a network:

Renegade Network Model

Renegade Network

• Co-op model

• Put the questions out

• Business steps up

• Micro-philanthropy

• Track the solutions

• Cash for contributions

• Innovation Heroes

We All Win

• Innovation

• Creative solutions

• Economic development

• Social good

A New Renaissance Awaits

Renegade Networks will empower people to blend knowledge and ideas

Renegade Networks promise a new renaissance.

So We Can

Save the world, make a little cash and

get to the party before midnight!