We are studying groups and networks and I am wondering why just  these concepts. Stephen’s image shows that groups are bad and networks are good and up-to-date.  I can follow the purpose and understand the differences, but I totally disagree with using group in this connection. I am searching  new headings for the description:

  • Institution  versus Open virtual community
  • Energy diminishing versus Energy fostering culture
  • Restriction versus Empowerment
  • Normal and realistic versus Ideal world ;)

Groupthink means thinking in same way and stopping critics, but the group as such can be whatever. It is good to remember groupthink in order to avoid it. You have to allow diversity, autonomy, openness and distributed democracy for this purpose. Perhaps Stephen means just this: if the left heading were groupthink I could follow it.

But anyway I miss something about energy or empowerment to the right side: knowledge emerges in open, supportive, respective culture. I use Stephen’s Seven Habits as learning material. Is there something about energy? Flow? But who are highly connected people? They must have all those seven attributes and … what else?

How about groupthink in CCK09 – can we see it somewhere?