Author Description

The Premise Of This Book Is That Our Well-worn Modes Of Collective Action - From Markets To Hierarchies, From Institutions To Movements - Provide A Limited Vocabulary To Investigate, Let Alone Invent New Forms Of Open, Networked And Transsectoral Collaboration. The Promise Of This Book Is To Introduce A Novel Set Of Concepts Including Shared Concerns, Symbols, Interface Designs, Participatory Architectures, Evaluative Infrastructures, Network Strategy And Leading As Diplomacy. Together They Represent Figures Of Thought That Combine Goal-orientated, Purposeful Action With Scale, Openness And Creativity. The Practical Implication Is That This New Vocabulary For Distributed And Collective Action Might Help To Address Big Challenges And Crises Of Our Times--