We Are Smarter Than Me
LC Class | HD69.S8 L53 2008 | |
We Are Smarter Than Me is a
The wiki book was featured in a November 28, 2006, broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered.
History and overview of project
The project was started as "a business community formed by business professionals to research and discuss the impact of
The people behind this initiative
The project was started in late 2006[5] and a wiki website was established to allow people to contribute text to the book. It was published on October 5, 2007.
Participation
According to the project's website,[6] "over a million students, faculty and alumni of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the MIT Sloan School of Management, as well as leaders, authors, and experts from the fields of management and technology were invited to contribute in a wiki-based community that coalesced at wearesmarter.org. Members were asked to develop and share their insights about why community approaches work or don't work when it comes to marketing, business development, distribution, and more, and what companies have to do to make them work better."
They had reached the following participation statistics[7] by the time the book was ready for publication:
- 4375 registered members
- 737 forum posts
- 250 wiki contributors
- 1600 wiki posts
The project's website reports that, "In addition to actual community members and contributors, the project was influenced by hundreds of bloggers, Podcasters, and conference attendees at the inaugural Community 2.0 Conference in Las Vegas."[7]
Advisory board
The project's advisory board for phase 1 (the writing of the first book) included:
Chairman:
- Thomas W. Malone — the Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, founder and director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.
Board members:
- Tim Moore of Wharton School Publishing and FTPress.
- Jimmy Wales — founder and former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
- Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founding director of the Wharton "think tank", The SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management.
- Philip Evans — a senior vice president in the Boston office of the Boston Consulting Group, author of the best-selling book Blown to Bits.
Content
According to the authors,[6] "the goal of the project was to develop a book that addresses what other best-selling books on community have not. Wikinomics and The Wisdom of Crowds have identified the phenomena of emerging social networks, but they do not confront how businesses can profit from the wisdom of crowds".[6]
The book contains case studies from several companies, including
Media coverage and acceptance
The project received wide coverage in US media, including such venues as
The book was ranked #6 in Amazon's
- ISBN 978-1-59184-193-7.
- ISBN 978-0-300-12577-1.
- ISBN 0-316-86173-1
- ISBN 0-19-518928-0
- ISBN 978-1-59139-125-8
References
- ^ "We are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business > The We Are Smarter Contributors - Pg. : Safari Books Online". Safaribooksonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Initiatives to harness the power of collective intelligence". Gizmag.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Putting people first 2006 October". Experientia.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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- ^ "Is 'We' Really Smarter Than 'Me'? Wharton, MIT, And Pearson Will Find Out". InformationWeek. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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- ^ a b "Mzinga Learning Management and Social Collaboration Tools". Mzinga. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Collective Wisdom: 'We Are Smarter Than Me'". NPR. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2008.
- ^ "Mzinga OmniSocial Learning - Mzinga". Mzinga. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 16 November 2014.