Society consists of a web of interconnected communities. A large body of research and practice exists on how to make communities work. Still, the intersection and interaction of multiple communities - the development and use of their inter-communal commons - is ill-understood. Social innovation is the process in which relevant stakeholders jointly develop solutions to wicked problems that none of them can solve on their own. As such, it is a prime example of the need for multiple stakeholder communities collaborating. We propose a process for building a networked community-commons called knowledge weaving. This is a reflective sensemaking effort in which existing communal knowledge sharing practices, initiatives, and resources are tied together into coherent commons-based knowledge fabrics that support intercommunal collaboration, such as for social innovation. We illustrate the approach with the case of the European Social Innovation Week 2015 pre-events.
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Knowledge Weaving for Social Innovation: Laying the First Strand
1. Knowledge Weaving for
Social Innovation
Laying the First Strand
Aldo de Moor
CommunitySense
WWW.COMMUNITYSENSE.NL
12th Prato CIRN Conference,
November 11, 2015
2. The commons
⢠Communities meet and mingle in âthe commonsâ
⢠Commons:
â any collectively owned resource held in joint use or
possession to which anyone has access without obtaining
permission of anyone else (Nemeth, 2012).
â active process that is always emerging in a mode of being
and working together for the greater good of the community
(Wong, 2011)
⢠How to get networks of communities to co-create in
the commons?
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3. The commons: networked communities
collaborating on social innovation
⢠Wicked problems: ill-structured, suffer from social
complexity, stakeholders have different views about
what the problem is and what constitutes acceptable
solutions (Conklin, 2006)
⢠Social innovation: the process in which relevant
stakeholders jointly develop solutions to wicked
problems that none of them can solve on their own
⢠Networked communities key stakeholders
⢠The commons is their workspace
⢠Social innovation catalysts facilitate the process
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5. Tilburg regional network of
social innovation catalysts
Top Institute Social Innovation Government innovation
Excellent residential climate
Positioning the region
Open source knowledge & devt platform
SI stakeholders
6. Need for better knowledge sharing:
catalyzing & connecting conversations
9. Knowledge weaving
⢠An intercommunal sensemaking process
⢠facilitated by social innovation catalysts
⢠in which existing community-owned knowledge
sharing practices, initiatives, and resources are tied
together
⢠into commons-based âknowledge fabricsâ that support
intercommunal collaboration
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16. Pre-events: lessons learnt
Pre-events Post-events
?
Cross-overs
⢠Cross-over topics
⢠Cross-over events
⢠Pre-pre-event (June 1):
many tips for pre, during & post-knowledge sharing
⢠Pre-event #1 (July 13):
many topics & cross-over ideas
⢠Input for knowledge groups
⢠Pre-event #2 (August 26)
⢠Online dissemination & expansion⢠KnowledgeCloud
⢠Thematic network
⢠Online platform x physical meetings
⢠âConnecting across themesâ methodology
17. Distilling collaboration patterns
⢠Pre-event long before drumbeat-event
⢠Generating & reflecting on cross-over topics & events
⢠Capture cross-over results in commons
⢠Ensure follow-up triggers from social innovation network
⢠Widen the circles by âmeta-communicationâ (social media,
mailing lists, personal communication..)
Pre-events Post-events
Cross-overs
⢠Cross-over topics
⢠Cross-over events
âDrumbeat-eventâ
Local knowledge
network broker
Collaboration patterns: reusable socio-technical lessons learnt matching specific collaborative requirements (De Moor, 2013).
Collaboration pattern: pre-event for drumbeat-event
18. Discussion
⢠Cross-case analysis: scenario-based design and
claims analysis method (Carroll, 2012) plus
collaboration patterns (De Moor, 2013).
⢠Knowledge weaving: focusing on community
demarcation or jointly enlarging the pie?
⢠Knowledge weaving by networked communities:
- meso-level commons building/use
- reduction of local governance/legitimacy complexity
⢠Expanding the metaphor
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