Can we Interview you please?

The collaboration ninjas and FAR need your help.

In case you didn't know, FAR is working as part of a team of individuals dedicated to helping the world become ninjas at collaboration; ie the collaboration ninjas. As the members of FAR dive into our research questions, we are working side by side with the ninjas to build a resource with strategic and practical guidelines for social innovators interested in utilizing the web's collaborative potential.

We are working with the ninjas to make the resource as collaborative, dynamic, and long-lived as possible. The beginnings of this initiative are documented at http://www.collaborationninja.com/.

And now, this is where you come in. Of course FAR is following traditional academic research methodology, and contacting the published experts in this field. We are so grateful for the opportunity to chat and learn from these experts. However in the field of brave new collaboration, its hard to say what constitutes an 'expert.' We'd go so far as to say the people we enjoy following on blogs, twitter and bumping into across the halls of the internet are as much experts in this field as many of the academics we are meeting with as well.

So, think you have something to contribute? Do you utilize the collaborative power of the web? Are you interested in how we can rapidly innovate the social and environmental changes necessary? Do you have an experience or story you can share? Do you love the knowledge and innovation opportunities you're offered by the internet? Then we probably want to talk to you.

If you do decide to participate, we expect the interview to take no longer than an hour and could include the following questions we are exploring:

1. How can we know when web-based collaboration is appropriate or not?

2. How can the collaboration be designed to incentivize participation and break-down barriers; ie what governance structures work best for collaborative projects in your experience?

3. What is the role of motivation, vision and trust in successful collaboration- and what kind of leadership is needed?

4. What are your recommendations for designing a business model around successful web based collaboration? What is the value added for participants of collaboration, and how is that value realized?

5. What are your recommendations regarding legalities for web-collaborators? What is the best legal structure to encourage openness? Are the commons always the answer? Do we have the legal structures available to deal with international, web-based collaboration on a grand scale?

6. What does your ideal e-collaboration tool look like? Do you have any favorite collaboration tools that exist? How can we overcome the limitations of current collaboration technology?

7. How do you see the future of e-collaboration? Do you think the web is the best tool to facilitate collaborative innovation for sustainability? Do we need something else? What real world mechanisms do you foresee necessary, running in parallel / supporting e-collaboration

Thanks for considering- we really do need your help. Send us a DM or e-mail if you can offer an hour of your time in the next few weeks.

Cheers,
FAR
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