agile innovation

strategic nexus

concurrent embedded systems
because of the complex nature of psycho-social systems
it is not clear what political, economic, or scientific paths we must take

when encountering a dislocation with another person
engage deeper/higher to establish shared intention/objective

i am not in a powerful position and though my actions will not result in change alone
the potential sum of all our actions at the collective level is the solution

envrionmental degredation and social disaffection are the consequence of technological acceleration
2020worldpeace: we are all invited... hope you can make it


tuttle
30mins
3-7 players
ATP
1 hour
3+3+3 players
OR
think tank
action cycle
positive cycle
vertical from within company
horizontal from collective
random self-selecting
rules/parameters
no judgement
no! oppositional state
not creative
no pulling
no sub-grouping
yes!
return attention
maintain unity
observation & insight
assume genius
 A       B
  A        B
or
and
don't try to help others, give advice, praise etc
improve or replace, mistakes are opportunities 
one shared attention
no splitting, pairing, compacts for later or conclusions
not brainstorming, forced creativity, nor determined force of will
interesting observational comments, emergent significance
don't present problems, distract with idle chat, old ideas or selfish interests
dissipation
past
definitions
convergence
future
fluid
come up with solutions, potentials, opportunities
first wow!
unilateral recognition of a good idea
consensus on mutual objective
mostly aspirational and unspecified
genuine excitement at emergence
what can be done by next week?
second wow!
agreement by consensus
commitment to action
establish intention
positive engagement
participants break this unique group to return to their respective positions, whether in a formal structure like a company or not, to mobilise their resources (time, skills, money, networks, materials) in order to achieve the objective
third wow!
the distributed network has enabled a solution to emerge, impossible for an individual to achieve, and hard even for a traditional static structure like a company, charity or formal organisation
if the participants considered a financial dimension, money should be redirected to the individuals since there are no organisational, structural costs
money flow enables the individuals to volunteer their time for other action cycles irrespective of the source of funding eg company; this is the embodiment of the pay-it-forward ethic
the minimal achievement is an interesting engagement with the learning potential of defining goals that are idealistic yet doable, including money-flow, and realising the potential resources available to the unique collection of participants
based on experience, participants increase their trust of their own ability to converge on do-able idealistic tasks and trust other participants unbounded by company ties
members of a company experience the benefit of participating in a distributed network collective like tuttle, and learn to volunteer to assist others using the resources available within the company
role
idea
outcomes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
realising potential
new class of solutions
no overheads
moneyflow
person to person trust
fluid economy
iterative learning
because it all comes down to timing, participants learn how to match their ideas with their actions, honing in on ideals that are just beyond the capacity of the individuals to achieve
+
reputation system
funds are distributed fairly dependent on efforts of participants
because there is no contractual obligation, this could be gamed
a reputation system tabulates trustworthiness, cf ebay system
individuals gauge personal effort and value gained by collective
fractional bids distribute funds fairly (default is equal)
potential for multiple dimensional economy, cf espian ecology
event funding
eg TED talks
eg the people speak
£1000
£10,000
replicable model
crowdhotel
crowdhouse
crowdfoundations
sustainable practice
optimal operational process
new blood prevents stagnation
maximum tenure of 3 years
maximum: dunbar's 150
a building housing social entrepreneurs
a working playful ethos of collaboration
funding enables pay-it-forwards kick-start
all players of the big game are facilitators
sole responsibility of success on participants
minimum buy-in
eg Channel 4
eg BMW
eg NESTA
eg Hoxton
eg Tuttle collective
eg TED Talks
coverage
mass
event
venue
national funding
CSR funding
government investment
celebrity
eg Stephen Fry
eg Prince Charles
notable
eg London Mayor
report on the experiment
fly-on-the-wall documentary
hub of social media experts
model for social innovation
guaranteed income
hosting venue for events
not hotel/motel/votel
happening globally
base funding
investing in social innovation
mashup of living/office space
first globally
first city to host
hub for networked engagement
living interface with public
involvement in new business model
temporary accommodation for new staff
excellent for corporate hospitality
involvement in sustainable business
integrate personal projects
experimental social sustainability
personal interest
exciting new initiative
meaningful outcome
hub for social media
opportunity to practice
social hosting space
implement new economic model
installed within enterprise
repeatable model globally
enabling social enterprise itself
action cycles
the big game
invitation by trusted friend
experience of action cycles within organisation
expectation to make decision at meeting
this is as dramatic as it gets :)

weekly experiencial feedback loop
align thought with action
seeding culture of agile innovation
formalisation of process
building community of agile innovators
establishing extended network
grounded in practice at all levels
increasing credibility
minimum buy-in
eg Ed Whyman
social design
collective strategy
eg David Pinto
process engineer
self-selection based on attraction
commitment to practice collaboration
an all-in mentality wrt the big game
acceptance of this poker metaphor :)

the small game
eg Luke Robinson
at tuttles...
...in companies
self-selecting groups
adaptive team protocol
-
cash injection
optional cash injection to kick-start agile innovation
establish proof of process
seed culture of entrepreneurs capable of collaborating well
like starter motor only
minimal positive non-managed collaboration game
agile innovation iteration
it's natural to think these are arranged sequentially in time...
consider this list
rice growing in fields
rice harvested
rice transported internationally
rice packaged nationally
rice distributed to local market
rice sitting on shop shelf
rice bought and brought home
rice sitting on shelf at home
rice cooked
rice eaten
this happens first
this happens last
we can also think about this as cycles
rice growing in fields... then rice harvested.... then rice transported internationally... thenrice packaged nationally... then rice distributed to local market... then rice sitting on shop shelf... then rice bought and brought home... then rice sitting on shelf at home... then rice cooked... then rice eaten
rice eaten
rice sitting on shelf at home
rice cooked
rice bought and brought home
rice sitting on shop shelf
rice distributed to local market
rice packaged nationally
eating daily
weekly shopping
monthly business
annual cycle
rice transported internationally
rice harvested
rice growing in fields
rice eaten
rice sitting on shelf at home
rice cooked
rice bought and brought home
rice sitting on shop shelf
rice distributed to local market
rice packaged nationally
daily cycle
weekly cycle
monthly cycle
annual cycle
rice transported internationally
rice harvested
rice growing in fields
rice eaten
rice sitting on shelf at home
rice cooked
rice bought and brought home
rice sitting on shop shelf
rice distributed to local market
daily cycle
weekly cycle
monthly cycle
annual cycle
rice transported internationally
rice harvested
rice growing in fields
we can reorganise this to show
concurrency of cycles
relative to eg my eating rice
detailed cycles, eg harvesting
we may observe:
the timing of these cycles is CRITICAL
current market-structure manages this integration ALONG COLLABORATIVE LINES
the entire system relies on JUST IN TIME protocol
cycles are imaginary
things are always different: rice is replenished
scalability: thousands of local shoppers eating
same level of detail everywhere: comes down to humans eg transporting food
now
perhaps this applies to other behaviours...
or even thinking...
set alarm
hit snooze
grab some breakfast
get cleaned and dressed
commute home
waking up
morning routine
daily work cycle
weekly cycle
commute to work
two days of freetime
five days of rat race
in touch with my purpose
immediate satisfaction
are there alternatives?
can i do better?
am i loved?
being level
thinking level
emotional level
social level
am i happy?
finding my place
contributing usefully
get out of bed
at an abstract level...
the alignment or timing of these cycles determines how well we are thinking, acting and how society and culture flows...
OR
or more simply...
harmony
leading
always pushing ahead
uphill struggle
driving
constantly accelerating
impatience
ahead of yourself
arrogance
passive victim
within comfort zone
lazy
slowing things down
missing opportunity
behind yourself
low self-esteem
in the groove
challenging
alert and active
going with the flow
presence
filling your space
confidence
following 
pollution
social stress
progress
unsustainability
survival
decadence
stagnation
surplus
balance
peace
development
utlity
competition
getting there first
work work work
fight fight fight
try try try
determine
collaborate
just in time
work/play
challenge
be well
accurate action
dismiss or cop-out
too late
play play play
avoid confrontation
don't care
hope
smaller
system/cycle
larger
system/cycle
the environment
human beings
company
employee
behaviour
intention
we need to conduct a radical education in comprehending social power
not this relationship
but this...
individual
government
council
political party
company
friends
family
neighbours
fellow  humans
that is, the scale of feedback loop should be in small groups unaffiliated by any legal ties
non-institutional thinking
organisation
group
boundary
management
employees
network
collective
alignment
collaboration
equals
don't•think
 
don't worry about this relationship
relate to the largest level
or deepen your insight into your intentions
deepen your insight into their intentions
the larger the system related to
the more parallel these lines:
the more aligned the intention
one's behaviour may be synched with local systems...
self identity
work and wage
...but this may be out of wack with larger systems
governmental policy change 
environmental imbalance
the relative alignment of embedded systems makes this a complex problem (cf physics three body problem)
competition
ahead of the curve
trying to catch up and overtake
even if there are mutually accepted standards
the over-riding idiom is
COMPETITION...
pepsi
UK
christian
socialism
cocacola
US
muslim
capitalism
salesman
politician
parent
idealist
salesman
politician
parent
idealist
...whereas the new paradigm emphasises COLLABORATION
but not at the organisational level
distribution outlets
democracy
religion
economy
not this...
...but this
three horizontal
three self-selecting
three vertical
action cycle
inside
outside
company boundary
because the individual is free to identify with...
this is not the place to explain chaos theory and hidden attractors...
...suffice to say that humanity is caught in a specific basin of attraction...
...contingent on complex psycho-social dynamics which include
where anomalies appear but can not persist in time...
...but if they did form a system, it might give rise to things like this
the phase space of psycho-social dynamics where memes replicate and unpredictable yet fully determined phenomena emerges
personal possession and land ownership
I and western sense of self
nouns, personal pronouns and nominalisation
objectified science
stratification and specialisation
corporations and legal entities
nation-states
citizens and urban living
this eco-system of memes has evolved over thousands of years yet exists co-temporaneously through our daily thought-action
pay it forwards
money as imaginary
eastern wisdom and the illusion of reality
demarage and rusty money
personal economic unit
value is in people
golden rule of respect
ideals amid legal wasteland
problem solving
consumers and buying-in
supply-led market
scarcity and competition
usery and interest rates
foundations, building and solid metaphors
problem-prevention
collaborative network
abundance
gift-economy
slow ethic
dynamic hierarchy
liquid metaphor
trust maps
pervasive reputation system
action cycles
confluence model
2020worldpeace
educare
XQ
ecological economics
a mathematical interpretation of the developmental phases of money throughout history
counting
place value
negative numbers
imaginary numbers
algebra
calculus
iteration
chaos theory
gold
coins
usery notes
banks
credit
1000 BC
14th AD
1950's
18th AD
the enumeration of anything (gold, coin, services) can be represented with the real number because the commodity exists...
interest invites a temporal vector...
and credit by imaginary numbers...
 currency represented by negative numbers...
treating money as a unidimensional entity is a mistake
money should be expressed in imaginary numbers as a function over time
the key validity to this interpretation will be the real-world application of i (...any ideas?)
ennumeration of assets
commodities
services
experiences
representational currency
pounds
dollars
yen
euro
fiat currency
making of truth
trust
neg is credit
function through time
interest
inflation
demarage
3D models for
delayed reciprocity: trust ~ period
barter is entirely in positive
usery and interest and cummulative
non-gold standard currency ~ institutional trust by default imaginary entities
pecus and positive trust metrics
further thoughts to explore
need-desire wrt costing
mapping to T A V dimensions
comparing to vector intention
enumerating subjective values
money for work, money for entertainment balance
ecological economics include calorie cost
energy drives economy
? newtonian simplicity, g ~ root d
? equivalent to quantuum, e = mc2
? iterative like page rank algorithm
the peter de jong attractors depending on different values of a, b, c, d
fractal generation of the koch curve
three body problem and chaos
relationship between the logistic map and the mandelbrot set
fractal scale of logistic map
flocking
is an emergent phenomenon
boids: http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/
strong alignment
payments for work done
mutually interested engagement
net collective movement
oppositional state
resulting from critical thinking
crude group-thinking
slow net movement
messy dynamics
brownian motion
horizontal noise
entropy
...it is a mistake to think organisationally
a person represented as a vector
direction is intention
magnitude is intensity
function variable over time
alignment is relative
perceived proximity
normally a range
hence a variable
can we derive useful results from maths based on subjectively evaluated numbers and natural language descriptions of intent?
who is the centre of collective intentions?
with whom should we align within a collective?
can this process facilitate emergent leadership?
can this prioritise values in a collective strategy?
E = mc²
g ~ 1/d
1
/
2
practicing alignment with tron
http://prezi.com/131651
encouraging self-discipline and social responsibility in schools
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/inspiring-change/5510566
designing a virtual tool to assist self-organisation
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/pulse/4602415
for collaboration...
systems of systems
it's all about timing
meme cycles
turning points
catastrophe theory
complex phenomena at cusp
chaos theory and initial sensitive systems

hidden economic attractor
pay-it-forwards
honouring the long tail
tuttle: one collective monopoly
happyseaurchin
we all begin somewhere
spiky yet sensitive
minimal dynamic structures
convergent games
emergent leaders
self-organised systems
non-managed collaboration
crowdhotel
social media collective
crowd-sourcing a hotel
concentrating moneyflow
proof of process
mathematising confluence
...the largest system
...or even global ones
organisation or institution
the earth
agile innovation
eg LSE
education
intensive innovation
informal university
outreach focus
minimal living
hidden economic attractor
collaboration is emergent
collaboration
to another person
to a mutual ideal or objective
and as a whole global system, it's clear which one we suffer from most...
though the reason why we can't sort it out is far from clear...

consider the simple harmonic motion as individuals/groups rock back and forth...
and how one's position off-centre perceives the middle ground as oppositional...

we each of us make our decision as to where we are relative to the whole...
and this influences us in our corrective behaviour...

what do you think is the condition of the planet, on the whole?
how realistic do you think it is that we can correct our behaviour as a species?
problems
•solutions
self
other
company
company
start with some kernals of ideas
imagine that everyone is actively following and willing to act
flag a yellow card if a rule is transgressed
flag a red card if the transgression continues: 30s silence
if transgression continues, quit
guidelines of use
o
metaphors
&
mapping
phases of
social realisation
o
o
interested
0. oh!
a person comes up with a good idea or describes a potential event
1. ah! people notice the idea or proposed event and show an interest
if the total number of people showing an interest is greater than a number specified by the originator...
2. o!
they define the idea more concretely
3. k! the people who showed interest are informed and they commit to the idea or event, potentially applying a value, k, of their enthusiasm
and if the sum of k, or enough of certain values of k (eg 8 and above) again specified by the originator, is greater than some value, then the idea is realised or the event comes into being, or money flows
0. oh! coming up with the idea
1. ah! showing interest in an idea

2. o! firming up the idea
3. k! commiting to the idea

if sum of i > x
sum of k > y
it is easy to see the correct simulation of flocking because birds and fish are physical

it is not so easy to see the simulation of human beings... what are we simulating?
it is not bodies and behaviour we wish to model, but intentions, and thus we must rely on individuals verbalising their intentions...
...and conduct maths upon subjectively derived numbers
remember: even the mathematics of graphs and co-ordinates is a metaphor