01781nas a2200133   4500008004100000022001400041245011000055210006900165260004200234520129800276100002101574700001601595856003601611       2009                        eng d  a1913-610200aApplied Collaboration Studios: Transforming Complex Problems into Systems of Continuous Social Innovation0 aApplied Collaboration Studios Transforming Complex Problems into  aOttawabTalent First Networkc07/20093 aThis paper asserts that the voluntary or social sector plays a pivotal role in generating and disseminating social innovations through collaboration with diverse partners. The authors explore the potential to engender a quantum shift in the sector's efficiency, reach, and impact through the combined use of open source technologies, social process tools and collaboration platforms. The objective is to contribute to a new generation of intelligent social systems, enabling an evolutionary recalibration of relationships among ourselves, our social and economic institutions, and the planet.

As a means of integrating and disseminating the most promising approaches, the concept of Applied Collaboration Studios is proposed. Its primary activities would be: i) dissemination of open source technologies; ii) ongoing instruction and coaching in the use of social process tools; iii) the assembly and launch of multiple collaboration platforms; and iv) collaboration with other like initiatives to create ecologies of scale that inform and precipitate systems change toward greater resilience.

The paper concludes with a reflection on the conditions necessary for such a project to come into being as an open source initiative, and an invitation to contribute to an ongoing discussion. 
1 aHuddart, Stephen1 aPatel, Anil  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/268