Hi, I am a new member to this list. Yesterday, I posted an  article in my blog on the relationship of social and technological change.  The article  reflects on the fact that in recent years, the speed of technological change has by far exceeded the speed of social change. In human history, great technology breakthroughs such as the printing press, did go hand in hand with social change (e.g. the appearance of protestant churches, and the discoveries of Columbus). The latest technology changes such as the Internet in general and the social web in particular have hit an unprepared world. Those who use these new technologies wisely, gain a competitive advantage in whatever their mission is. Take for example the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, which used tools such as blogging, facebook communities, twitter, Second Life etc. to connect to a broad audience. Given the parallel rise of whole systems change methods, we are awaiting a convergence of face to face change initiatives with the social web.

Looking forward to comments on my original article, at: http://www.change-management-blog.com/2008/12/technological-and-social-change.html

By the way: I live in Berlin, Germany and my passion is to connect "classical" f2f change facilitation with technological innovation.

I plan to initiate a Net Tuesday in Berlin. Whoever likes to support me, email me at holger (at) change-facilitation.org.

Holger Nauheimer
Twitter: hnauheimer
http://www.change-management-blog.com/
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