This is a listing of materials consulted for my collaboration research project, initially kicked off by an April 2010 post.
Books
- Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2nd Edition by Paul W. Mattessich
- Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results by Morten T. Hansen
- Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
- Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration by R. Keith Sawyer
- The Culture of Collaboration by Evan Rosen
- Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks by Peter A. Gloor
- The Crowdsourcing Handbook by Dan Bell
- Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Anthony D. Williams, Don Tapscott
- Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business by Jeff Howe
- Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
- How to Make Collaboration Work by David Straus, Thomas C. Layton
- The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
- The Wealth of Networks by Yochai Benkler
TED Videos
- Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
- Tom Wojec: Build a tower, build a team from TED2010
- Howard Rheingold on collaboration from TED2005
- Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration from TED2005
- Yochai Benkler on the new open-source economics from TEDGlobal 2005
- Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia from TEDGlobal2005
- Charles Leadbeater on innovation from TEDGlobal2005
- Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media from TEDIndia 2009
- Jonathan Ziitrain: The Web as random acts of kindness from TEDGlobal 2009
Other Videos
- Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir Feature from CTV News Toronto
- Know Your Meme: The Lipdub by Rocketboom
- Crowdsourcing Trailer by Jeff Howe
- Jeff Howe on Crowdsourcing at
- Clay Shirky on “Here Comes Everybody” at Harvard Law School
- Clay Shirky on “Here Comes Everybody” at World Bank
- “Where do People Find the Time” Part One & Part Two by Clay Shirky
- Clay Shirky at Authors@Google
Articles / Blog Posts
- Innovation in Age of Mass Collaboration by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
- The Crowd Is Wise (When It’s Focused) by Steve Lohr
- The Rise of Crowdsourcing by Jeff Howe
- What makes collaboration work? by Cecilia Weckstrom
- 6 Ingredients for Successful Collaboration by Amber Naslund
- Flash Mob by Know Your Meme
Examples
- No Pants Subway Ride 2010 by Improv Everywhere
- White Glove Tracking by Evan Roth & Ben Engebreth
- Virtual Choir by Eric Whitacre
- I Gotta Feeling Lipdub by Luc-Olivier & UQAM
- University LipDub Website