Coolhunting and Coolfarming through Swarmcreativity
Peter Gloor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
“I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” Isaac Newton - after having lost a substantial amount of money investing into the South Sea Bubble.
This 3-day course provides an in-depth tutorial to analyzing online social networks. It employs the easy-to-use but powerful software tool Condor that analyzes online social networks such as Twitter, Wikipedia, Blogs, Facebook, as well as e-mail. It gives the “big ideas” as well as step-by-step instructions. It explains how to use Condor to visualize, monitor and manage brands, products, and topics on the Internet, and to analyze organizations through their e-mail networks. It gives a wealth of practical examples of how to apply social network analysis for prediction of trends by combining Condor analysis with KNIME machine learning. It also illustrates how to improve organizational performance by optimizing collaboration using e-mail.
Goals:
learn how
- the radical innovation process in small teams works
- to find trendsetter and trends on the Internet and social media
- to predict trends using SNA und statistical forecasting techniques
- how to increase organizational efficiency and creativity through a virtual mirror created of organizational e-mail archives
This is a condensed version of a distributed course, which has been taught for the last 10 years at MIT, Aalto/Helsinki, U. Cologne, SCAD, IIT. (http://sites.google.com/site/coincourse2015/)
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Peter Gloor, E94-1504D, 617 253 7018, pgloor@mit.edu
| Jan/13 | Wed | 02:00PM-05:00PM | E51-057, bring your laptop |
The first part introduces the basics of Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs) - cyberteams of intrinsically motivated people who work together over the Internet to turn a crazy idea into a disruptive innovation that changes the world. It also introduces the basics of our dynamic semantic social network analysis tool Condor. If you want to play with Condor, we recommend to previously install it on your laptop.
Peter Gloor
| Jan/14 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | E51-057, bring your laptop |
In this part we look at organizational and team-level networks by analyzing e-mail archives. Through six inter-personal variables of honest communication: 'strong leadership', 'rotating leaders', 'balanced contribution', 'fast response', 'honest sentiment' and 'shared language' that Condor calculates, we measure and optimize creative teams. We also learn the basics of Coolhunting, finding COINs on Twitter, Blogs, etc.
Peter Gloor
| Jan/15 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | E51-057, bring your laptop |
Using Condor, we analyze Twitter, Blogs, Wikipedia, and Facebook to find the attributes of a trend and the most influential people talking about it, and measure its impact though machine learning with KNIME. We also look how to promote these trends through Coolfarming - viral marketing on the Web, and how to create COINs inside organizations by boosting organizational consciousness through social quantum physics.
Peter Gloor
Developing internally consistent plans for reducing energy subsidies
Carlos de la Torre, Research Fellow, DUSP
| Jan/29 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:30PM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Prereq: None
A recent study of the IMF published in May 2015 estimated fossil fuel subsidies (including below market prices and untaxed negative indirect impacts) at over 5% of World GDP. Taking as reference the case of fossil fuel subsidies in Malaysia, this activity will (1) review the architecture of one or more energy subsidies (fuel prices, tax incentives in fossil fuels, or both time allowing); (2) develop alternative future architectures based on an envisioned state; (3) select a future architecture more closely aligned with the envisioned state based on a common agreed criteria; and (4) develop an implementation plan for the selected architecture. During this 1.5 hour session, the activity will use lectures and exercises developed in groups to go through the steps outlined above.
This activity has had the support of the Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) at DUSP and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative in preparing and disseminationg this effort.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Sloan School of Management
Contact: Carlos De La Torre Salcedo, 9-338, 617 253-4510, CDLT@MIT.EDU
Leader, Maverick or Impostor?
Ingrid Toppelberg, MIT Sloan MBA 2010
| Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | E62-221 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
“The exaggerated esteem in which my lifework is held makes me very ill at ease. I feel compelled to think of myself as an involuntary swindler.” Albert Einstein
We are Beavers, Engineers, Techies, we are MIT. All of us at the MIT Community are here because we hold ourselves to extremely high standards, we dare to move beyond the mediocre, we push boundaries, we start new things, we grow beyond the merely comfortable… And yet at some point, 70% of us feel caught in doubt or low self-worth that make us fall into self-limiting behaviors like procrastination, risk aversion or overwork.
In order to help you unleash your highest future potential, in this experiential and dynamic workshop, we want to invite you to play and experiment while you:
- Examine what mindsets and beliefs lie behind these self-limiting behaviors
- Learn how to let doubt move you into action
- Take home a toolbox with 10 concrete strategies to put into practice in your every-day life.
Please, register here by Monday, January 11th.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Ingrid Toppelberg, ingrid@kandagrowth.com
Making to Think: Leadership through Art Making
Tracy Purinton, Director, MIT Leadership Center
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/18
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This IAP workshop models distilled skillsets, toolkits and visioning from art--‐making practices for effectively arriving at unanticipated outcomes as well as strategic methods for iteration and disruption that can be integrated into corporate and engineering innovation structures. A sequence from rolling up your sleeves for hands--‐on exercises anchored in drawing to unpacking art giants from Jackson Pollock to David Hockney and unique touring of an art museum, this session practices techniques for challenging assumptions and rethinking observational strategies that directly apply to leadership across fields arriving at solution-oriented results.
Objectives:
Register here: https://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cH2c4bImfJuiWJD by Monday, January 18th.
Sponsor(s): MIT Leadership Center, Sloan School of Management
Contact: Abby Berenson, E40-196, 617 324-3794, BERENSON@MIT.EDU
| Jan/21 | Thu | 09:00AM-04:00PM | E62-221 |
Aithan Shapira, MFA, PhD - Visiting Faculty, SMFA
| Jan/22 | Fri | 12:00PM-04:00PM | Museum of Fine Arts |
Aithan Shapira, MFA, PhD - Visiting Faculty, SMFA
Tax Issues for Employees and Entrepreneurs
Howard Mandelcorn, Joseph Weber
| Jan/06 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | E51-372 |
| Jan/07 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | E51-372 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Joseph Weber, (617) 253-4310, jpweber@mit.edu
The Art and Science of Powerful Presence
Tracy Purinton, Director, MIT Leadership Center
| Jan/26 | Tue | 09:00AM-05:00PM | Residence Inn Camb |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 10 participants
You have 30 seconds to capture your audience’s attention, in the boardroom, in an interview, or in any situation. It doesn’t matter how “right” you are, if you audience can’t hear you, you will not be effective and therefore will not have influence and impact. Human beings are masters of unconsciously reading others’ body language and nonverbal cues, and instinctively detect when the message delivered by the body does not match the verbal message. In this session, you will hone in on your “secret weapons”, establish your “presence points” and practice specific tools to Master Your Message®. It provides you with experiences that teach flexibility and how to be present in the moment: a foundational platform of Powerful Presence and Communication. It draws upon cutting edge clinical research and practical experience in the fields of neuroscience, sensory integration, systems theory, coaching, speech/language/voice and leadership.
This is not a theory course, not a “tips and techniques” public speaking or presentation design course. This one-day workshop is about you and how you “show up”, as your best self, in a variety of situations. Please join us only if you are prepared to be fully engaged in a variety of exercises with other members of the group. It is highly interactive and experiential - you will be bouncing on yoga balls, repeatedly speaking in front of the group, and be videotaped (for workshop purposes only).
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SESSION IS FULL
Sponsor(s): MIT Leadership Center, Sloan School of Management
Contact: Abby Berenson, E40-196, 617 324-3794, BERENSON@MIT.EDU
The Art and Science of Powerful Presence
Tracy Purinton, Director, MIT Leadership Center
| Jan/28 | Thu | 09:00AM-05:00PM | Residence Inn, Camb |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 10 participants
You have 30 seconds to capture your audience’s attention, in the boardroom, in an interview, or in any situation. It doesn’t matter how “right” you are, if you audience can’t hear you, you will not be effective and therefore will not have influence and impact. Human beings are masters of unconsciously reading others’ body language and nonverbal cues, and instinctively detect when the message delivered by the body does not match the verbal message. In this session, you will hone in on your “secret weapons”, establish your “presence points” and practice specific tools to Master Your Message®. It provides you with experiences that teach flexibility and how to be present in the moment: a foundational platform of Powerful Presence and Communication. It draws upon cutting edge clinical research and practical experience in the fields of neuroscience, sensory integration, systems theory, coaching, speech/language/voice and leadership.
This is not a theory course, not a “tips and techniques” public speaking or presentation design course. This one-day workshop is about you and how you “show up”, as your best self, in a variety of situations. Please join us only if you are prepared to be fully engaged in a variety of exercises with other members of the group. It is highly interactive and experiential - you will be bouncing on yoga balls, repeatedly speaking in front of the group, and be videotaped (for workshop purposes only).
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SESSION IS FULL
Sponsor(s): MIT Leadership Center, Sloan School of Management
Contact: Abby Berenson, 617 324-3794, BERENSON@MIT.EDU
The Art and Science of Powerful Presence
Tracy Purinton, Director, MIT Leadership Center
| Jan/27 | Wed | 09:00AM-05:00PM | Residence Inn, Camb |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 10 participants
You have 30 seconds to capture your audience’s attention, in the boardroom, in an interview, or in any situation. It doesn’t matter how “right” you are, if you audience can’t hear you, you will not be effective and therefore will not have influence and impact. Human beings are masters of unconsciously reading others’ body language and nonverbal cues, and instinctively detect when the message delivered by the body does not match the verbal message. In this session, you will hone in on your “secret weapons”, establish your “presence points” and practice specific tools to Master Your Message®. It provides you with experiences that teach flexibility and how to be present in the moment: a foundational platform of Powerful Presence and Communication. It draws upon cutting edge clinical research and practical experience in the fields of neuroscience, sensory integration, systems theory, coaching, speech/language/voice and leadership.
This is not a theory course, not a “tips and techniques” public speaking or presentation design course. This one-day workshop is about you and how you “show up”, as your best self, in a variety of situations. Please join us only if you are prepared to be fully engaged in a variety of exercises with other members of the group. It is highly interactive and experiential - you will be bouncing on yoga balls, repeatedly speaking in front of the group, and be videotaped (for workshop purposes only).
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SESSION IS FULL
Sponsor(s): MIT Leadership Center, Sloan School of Management
Contact: Abby Berenson, 617 324-3794, BERENSON@MIT.EDU
Understanding Global Monetary Policy: The Fed, the ECB and global financial markets
Athanasios Orphanides
| Jan/28 | Thu | 04:00PM-05:30PM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Monetary policy decisions by the Federal Reserve and the ECB have global implications for economic growth and development as well as for global financial markets. This session offers an introductory discussion of monetary policy, drawing on the current economic environment. First, it will review the basic drivers of the monetary policy decisions of the central banks of the world’s two largest economies. Second, it will examine the causes and consequences of the unusual divergence in policy that is currently observed—policy tightening by the Fed and policy easing by the ECB. Third, it will discuss the likely implications of this policy for the U.S., euro area and emerging-market economies and for financial markets.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Athanasios Orphanides, orphanid@mit.edu
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