Wikinomics

Whilst sheltering from the rain, I dug deep into Wikinomics by Don Pascott & Anthony Williams. So the book is pretty good introduction to collaborative innovation and makes the bold claim that pretty much everything will become collaborative (if it isn't already). A! trifle! breathless! at times (just imagine William Shatner reading that sentence), I am loathe to criticise this book because I want its predictions to be true even if they're not.

The stories of the modular Chinese motorcycle manufacturers and Boeing's collaborative design process were particularly interesting (partly because it was about real stuff being made rather than people fiddling about with wikis).

Even better, they have used a Social Text wiki to provide a platform for a peer-produced Wikinomics Playbook, putting their mouths where their money is, so to speak.