@article {268, title = {Applied Collaboration Studios: Transforming Complex Problems into Systems of Continuous Social Innovation}, journal = {Open Source Business Resource}, year = {2009}, month = {07/2009}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, type = {Articles}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {This paper asserts that the voluntary or social sector plays a pivotal role in generating and disseminating social innovations through collaboration with diverse partners. The authors explore the potential to engender a quantum shift in the sector{\textquoteright}s efficiency, reach, and impact through the combined use of open source technologies, social process tools and collaboration platforms. The objective is to contribute to a new generation of intelligent social systems, enabling an evolutionary recalibration of relationships among ourselves, our social and economic institutions, and the planet. As a means of integrating and disseminating the most promising approaches, the concept of Applied Collaboration Studios is proposed. Its primary activities would be: i) dissemination of open source technologies; ii) ongoing instruction and coaching in the use of social process tools; iii) the assembly and launch of multiple collaboration platforms; and iv) collaboration with other like initiatives to create ecologies of scale that inform and precipitate systems change toward greater resilience. The paper concludes with a reflection on the conditions necessary for such a project to come into being as an open source initiative, and an invitation to contribute to an ongoing discussion. }, issn = {1913-6102}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/268}, author = {Stephen Huddart and Anil Patel} }