I really enjoyed the quotes! And I'm looking forward to the article!
Saqib Ali
· 3 months ago
Professor McAfee,
What are your thoughts on H2O Rotisserie style[1] discussion/dialog? I think e2.0 collaboration tools should have built-in support for this method of dialog.
1. The Rotisserie implements an innovative approach to online discussion that encourages measured, thoughtful discourse in a way that that traditional threaded messaging systems do not. The basic concept of the threaded messaging board is to enable broadcast-to-broadcast communication among a group of people, meaning that every participant in the conversation receives every post from every other participant. This mode of discussion inevitably leads to the domination of the discussion by a few very verbal participants and silence by the lurking majority. The Rotisserie breaks this mode by assigning every post within the conversation to another, specific participant for response. The resulting conversation guarantees that every post will be responded to by at least one other participant and that every participant must respond directly to the post of another participant.
Fascinating quote. I wonder how a decade of Quaker education plays into my interest in enterprise 2.0 software. That approach to problem solving has always appealed, especially when teachers took a didactic approach to historical challenges and worked through the different solutions that were applied. Becoming that organizationally flat is a real challenge to rigid hierarchies -- fascinating to hear an admiral declare his admiration for the methodology for problem-solving.
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What are your thoughts on H2O Rotisserie style[1] discussion/dialog? I think e2.0 collaboration tools should have built-in support for this method of dialog.
1. The Rotisserie implements an innovative approach to online discussion that encourages measured, thoughtful discourse in a way that that traditional threaded messaging systems do not. The basic concept of the threaded messaging board is to enable broadcast-to-broadcast communication among a group of people, meaning that every participant in the conversation receives every post from every other participant. This mode of discussion inevitably leads to the domination of the discussion by a few very verbal participants and silence by the lurking majority. The Rotisserie breaks this mode by assigning every post within the conversation to another, specific participant for response. The resulting conversation guarantees that every post will be responded to by at least one other participant and that every participant must respond directly to the post of another participant.
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