Cool Stuff I found on the web this week

Social Web

• Infographic of how social media is changing the news industry
• Interactive map identifying the top 10 politically influential people in each of the G20 countries
• Another use for the social web: new staff orientation.  Explained in this blog post by Harold Jarche
• When institutions fail, crowdsourcing surges, described in this blog post by Patrick Meyer

Organizational Learning and Change

• “Let’s talk about work, in meaningful ways. If work is not worth discussing, why bother doing it? – Harold Jarche’s blog post entitled It’s all about conversations
• Infographics of how to motivate the crowd
• “New technologies give an organization the ability to reconfigure its form any way it desires. We are not confined to any one structure any more.” – Esko Kilpi’s blog post entitled Network design

The Environment

• Link to SeeClickFix NYC app to allow citizens to report and track non-emergency issues in their community