EntrepreNerdsin Knowmad Society

John W. Moravec, Ph.D. @moravec john.moravec.us

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#knowmad

Local Group Survey Team and T.A. Rector, University of Alaska–Anchorage

Local Group Survey Team and T.A. Rector, University of Alaska–Anchorage

ISS Expedition 7, NASA

John Moravec

John Moravec

John Moravec

Joe Loong, clipping from newspaper

John

We can do better.

Some of us already are.

Knowmad Society, p. 18 (2013)

A knowmad is a nomadic knowledge worker –that is, a creative, imaginative, and innovative person who can work with almost

anybody, anytime, and anywhere.

Knowmads are also context workers

Knowmads• Can be anybody, at any

age

• Leverage personal knowledge

• Contextually apply what they know

• Motivated to collaborate

• Purposively use new technologies

• Share what they know

• Learn, unlearn, and adopt new ideas as necessary

• Thrive in non-hierarchical organizations

• Learn continuously

• Are not afraid of failure

By 2020, 45% of us will be knowmads

Knowmads stand out.!

!

And so should you.

–John S. Hall (King Missile)

“I want to be different, like everybody else I want to be like.”

NASA

NASA

knowledgeCristóbal Cobo

experienceCristóbal Cobo

–George Siemens

“The network is the learning.”

ParadigmDomain 1.0 2.0 Knowmadic

Fundamental relationships Simple Complex Complex creative

(teleological)

Conceptualization of order Hierarchic Heterarchic Intentional, self-

organizing

Relationships of parts Mechanical Holographic Synergetic

Worldview Deterministic Indeterminate Design

Causality Linear Mutual Anticausal

Change process Assembly Morphogenic Creative destruction

Reality Objective Perspectival Contextual

Place Local Globalizing Globalized

Knowmads Business School Amsterdam

OutliersSchool Latin America

e-180 Montréal

Shibuya University Network Tokyo

Nerds are cool.!

!

Or at least I think so.

Nerd Venn Diagram inspired from Mashable: http://mashable.com/2009/09/07/nerd-venn-diagram/

Intelligence Eccentricity

Obsession

Dweeb

Nerd

Geek Dork

ImaginationCreativity

Innovation

= EntrepreNerd

+

Rob Salkowitz’s Young World

• Blends social and commercial objectives

• Creatively aligns public, private, and NGO resources

• Leverages communities and collaboration

• Is well-adapted and sustainable in Young World environments

• Embraces the globalization of the knowledge workforce

• Solves systemic problems while meeting market needs

together. As the world becomes smaller and smaller through the application of technologies, and more accessible through online tools, we try to choose which collaborative technologies are the most useful to co-create with our partners and the community we serve.

We believe in bringing nice, good and inspiring things into the world, and inspiring through fun processes and projects that are beautiful and beneficial to the people and the planet we live on. We do these things at Knowmads because we believe in the power of “you reap what you sow.” And, by doing so, we find that people return to us to do more good projects most of the time.

We can have an impact by being honest to ourselves, and by being honest to the outside world. We do not do things because we have been doing these practices for centuries, but we check within ourselves to determine what it is that we really want to do. We connect this to people, and then design with, not for, to build and implement services and products that make the world a better place. By working with leaders in companies, big and small, we have the possibility to create, together, the changes that we think are needed. As stated before, Knowmads is not a dress rehearsal. We work on real assign-ments with the goal to create real value (i.e., money, knowledge, and sponsorships). We don’t talk about case studies. We create real stuff.

As every startup entrepreneur is aware, it is hard to start something completely from scratch. Especially since we are comprised as an original combination of educational and business approaches, we are no exception. Because the Knowmads Business School is a completely new concept, it is difficult for us to secure funding from traditional sources. We started two years ago with 12 students. In February 2013, we are planning to admit 15 new students, and, by then, 42 will have “graduated.” Other institutions and startups around the world are already adopting the Knowmads concept. We are engaged directly

Figure 7. Knowmads Business School “Wigwam”

171 Knowmads Business School: Empowering and enabling knowmads

Knowmads Business School Amsterdam in Knowmad Society (2013)

In what world do we want to live?

Knowmads Business School Amsterdam

Knowmads Business School Amsterdam

What do I want to contribute to the world or change to

make it better?

Knowmads Business School Amsterdam

How can I best organize myself to get what I want

to change done?

Knowmads Business School Amsterdam

How do I bring this change into the world?

IMAGINACIÓN

UBICUO

E,SKILLS

KNOWMADS

ECOBIONANOCOGNO

TÁCITO

My philosophyOpen, flat, impactful,

networked, communicated

1. Open

2. Flat

3. Impactful

Mode I Mode II Mode IIIInterventions Attitudes Systems-based

Vectors Beliefs Core-transformative

Quick hacks Trendy ideas Revolutions

Easy to sell Easy to sell Hard to sell

Easy to implement Hard to implement Really hard to implement

Easy to measure Harder to measure Really hard to measure

Mode I Mode II Mode IIILaptops, iPads, etc. Design thinking Invisible learning

Testing EduPunk Democratic education

Common Core/Standards Professional learning communities Critical pedagogy

STEM Creativity Unschooling

Longer school year Co-working/co-learning

Nearly all edutech startups Early childhood education*

4. Networked

Knowmads Business School Amsterdam

OutliersSchool Latin America

e-180 Montréal

Shibuya University Network Tokyo

Networking supports transdisciplinarity and

postdisciplinarity.

5. Well communicated

We can build great entreprenderd,

knowmad futures.

David Blackwell

Local Group Survey Team and T.A. Rector, University of Alaska–Anchorage

Innovute!