Thursday, March 19, 2009, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m, Microsoft, 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor, Waltham, MA 02451 , Waltham. Directions. [NOTE: New Location!]
SPEAKER: Dan Keldsen, Co-founder and Principal of Information Architected, Inc.
TOPIC: Emergence - Get with it, or fade away
BIOGRAPHY: Dan Keldsen’s experience is based broadly and deeply around innovation management and Enterprise 2.0/Web 2.0 topics - built on the unstructured and semi-structured content-based enterprise concepts such as Information Architecture, Taxonomy (Organization and Management of Information), Search, Semantics, Navigation, Enterprise Content Management, Web Content Management, and Portals.is a co-founder and principal with Information Architected.
Prior to forming Information Architected, Mr. Keldsen was Director and co-founder of the Market Intelligence unit of AIIM International (2007-2008). Previously he was with Delphi Group as a Senior Analyst, Consultant, and Chief Technology Officer (1994-2004) until its acquisition by Perot Systems (2004-2007). His role was to evaluate and implement new technologies to streamline efforts in fulfilling client and employee information and technology needs, while also consulting to buyers and suppliers of information management systems.
Mr. Keldsen graduated Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music (Boston) with a Dual BFA in Music Synthesis Production and Songwriting. He holds a SANS GSEC certification and was on the advisory Board for the SANS GSEC program for two years. He is also a Member of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) and The Information Architecture Institute. You can easily follow Dan by reading his blog, BizTechTalk, and join his networks at LinkedIn and Facebook to continue the discussion.
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Great discussion with Dan taking us through 70+ slides in a free-flowing cascade of ideas for getting and staying connected in ways we may never leverage, but then again…
Example that reveals his deep musical roots:
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Dan’s slides can be found at:
http://www.slideshare.net/dan.keldsen/emergence-get-with-it-or-fade-away
Check it out - Dan doesn’t miss a beat!
This was a great, lively presentation & discussion. I submit there’s an important distinction between two different aspects of ‘emergence’:
1. Emergence as “the arising of novel and coherent structures, patterns and properties during the process of self-organization in complex systems” (Goldstein, 1999, via Wikipedia). Or more generally: What arises unexpectedly and (maybe) naturally within an environment? (The interest is in “what” emerges)
2. Emergence as the *volume* of usage/acceptance of a phenomenon — in this case the introduction of a new technology. (The interest is in “how much” emerges)
Both useful and meaningful, but very different in focus. Am I just stating the obvious? or is this useful/controversial?
Commentary from David Hobbie: http://caselines.blogspot.com/2009/03/emergence-at-boston-km-forum.html
Commentary from Jack Vinson (me!): http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2009/03/19/dan_keldsen_on_emergence.html