Comments on: Biomutualism, Breaking Down Silos, and Finding Inspiration

By: Footprints Along the Blogging Path — Coffeeblogger

Footprints Along the Blogging Path — Coffeeblogger — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:30:39 +0000

[...] think Brad Shorr connected to me through Joanna Young’s blog, and I’m not sure how Fred H. Schlegel crossed my path, but both have been mainstays of the comments here and there are times I might not [...]

By: Fred H. Schlegel

Fred H. Schlegel — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:49:21 +0000

Thank you adding to the discussion Parminder.

By: Parminder

Parminder — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:15:23 +0000

The idea of cross pollination is quite good and it helps to generate a new species. It is carried on a large scale and i am sure that this is surely going to help out. Biomutualism is a great process and will be a huge a great lesson for many people. The post is great indeed.

By: LaVonn

LaVonn — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:25:26 +0000

I just met with Sarah Smith-Robbins (one of the authors of “Second Life for Dummies”) and she pointed me toward two great books that talk about the whole being greater than the sum of the parts….”Crowdsourcing” by Jeff Howe (www.crowdsourcing.typepad.com) and “Here Comes Everybody” by Clay Shirky (www.shirky.com). Both books are worth the read…and it continues to demonstrate how we all need to look beyond what we know for insight and edification.

By: Fred H. Schlegel

Fred H. Schlegel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:17:04 +0000

Great point J.D.

Often language is made more complex than necessary (or wonderful buzz words like biomutualism are created) in a rather unintentional way of establishing hierarchy. Need to grow the club not shrink it.

By: Fred H. Schlegel

Fred H. Schlegel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:12:18 +0000

Well, yes maybe a bit highfalutin, but maybe necessary in the academic sense to so that resources actually get allocated. We all have our boxes to bear.

By: Fred H. Schlegel

Fred H. Schlegel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:10:54 +0000

Hi Paul – That sounds like a really interesting direction (and challenging as well). By the way – really enjoyed the Daniel Pink talk you found over at your site and have already referenced it at a work discussion.

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:17:48 +0000

One of the bottlenecks to cross-pollination is language. One of the ways to quickly share across discipline is patterns. They help us build a shared language, and eventually a shared from of reference. .-= J.D. Meier´s last blog ..The Way Things Are, the Way Things Should Be, and the Way You Want Things to Be =-.

By: LaVonn

LaVonn — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:12:19 +0000

So…biomutualism is a fancy way of rephrasing the idiom – “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts?” Still a good idea!

By: Paul C

Paul C — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:50:44 +0000

As a literacy coordinator in several high schools I have been involved in a pilot project to bring cross curricular literacy strategies to all the disciplines. When students from different subject areas see that there are common threads to learning and collaboration it becomes energizing and empowering. .-= Paul C´s last blog ..Daniel Pink: TED Talk and Lessons for Teachers =-.