In "Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing" edited by Peter
Denning and Bob Metcalfe, there is a chapter by Fernando Flores on "The
Leaders of the Future." (Full citations at
http://www.infonuovo.com/orcmid/readings/milieu.htm under [Flores97].) It
addresses models for powerfully forwarding cooperative projects through
rigorous communication.
I have applied some of those ideas in managing my own projects through
communication. It seems to me that Introduction is a way of creating
relatedness and finding common purpose. I endorse that. Invitation would
be a request, in the Flores model, I think. I find no need for a rejection
notice. An interaction or project works or it doesn't, corrections are put
in or they aren't. If something isn't working, then alterations in the
relationship occur, and new arrangements are made based on what the parties
can count on each other for (or not) as part of moving ahead. This can
include cessation of a project and finding an alternative arrangement,
perhaps excluding one of the parties.
If there is some sort of peer-review or other assessment of how well certain
individuals deliver in various areas, I would want that to be done by some
means like what they look for on sourceXchange and other brokering systems
for bringing people and projects together.
Sometimes, structures for rigorous communication can seem cold-hearted. My
sense is that these are applied most powerfully inside a view of the world
where everyone's contribution matters and there is commitment and alignment
around a common purpose out of which every participant will receive value.
And there are times when an arrangement is not working or there are
conflicting agendas. I have found it powerful to use these structures to
identify that rather than attempting to drag a load of unidentified and
heavy baggage along.
-- Dennis
AIIM DMware Technical Coordinator
AIIM DMware http://www.infonuovo.com/dmware
ODMA Support http://www.infonuovo.com/odma
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Armstrong [mailto:eric.armstrong@eng.sun.com]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 13:32
To: unrev2
Subject: [unrev-II] Email based on invitation & introduction
Back in the old days (before I had grown up) introductions
were everything. You did business with someone *after*
being introduced to them -- and probably *only* if you
were introduced by someone the person trusted.
Clubs, too, were important part of the contact-process.
We could kill spam in a heartbeat with a system that
modeled these two systems.
Introduction
A special message arrives that includes an introduction.
Acceptance
If the recipient trusts the sender, then clicking a
single button adds the address(es) on the list to the
list of recognized contacts.
Invitation
If two people are both one a mailing list, one can
send an invitation to the other to initiate a
dialog. Doing so puts the recipient on the sender's
list of recognized contacts. If the recipient accepts
the invitation, the sender is placed on the recipient's
list of recognized contacts.
Rejection
Being thrown out of a club (thrown off a list) would
cause a "rejection letter" to go out to all members of
the list. The letter would be ignored by anyone who
did not have the malfeasant on their contact list. Anyone
who did have that person as a contact would receive a
message. Clicking a button would then remove that person
from the recognized contact list.
A system with such characteristics would undoubtedly go
a long way towards returning a degree of civility to the
internet. It would promote civil discourse and politeness,
by making it impossible to contact anyone who does not
wish to be contacted.
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