I’m back from Belize, and not terribly happy about it. It’s already snowed once since we got back and another storm is due tomorrow. It’s hard to get back into the slush of things. Fortunately, Bruce Hoppe’s blog keeps me really up to date on happenings in social network analysis. I’m going to cede the floor to him more and more as the months go on.

One event that Bruce alerted me to is MeshForum, happening May 1-4 in Chicago. Jack Vinson, whom I’ve know through the AOK network, is one of the people putting this together. I see this as a great “convergent” event in that they are blending topics on networks from different disciplines (computers, airline, etc.) with human and social network issues.

I am getting packed up for London and the SNA MasterClass. Before I leave, the Cynefin North America website will be launched; my Cynefin colleagues managed to get quite a bit of work done while I was gone! I am using Cynefin concepts and models in many of my client conversations on topics related not just to collaboration, but also learning, knowledge retention, and strategy. There are Cynefin training sessions coming up, all training announcements will be on The Cynefin Centre site’s Events page, and I’ll do “news” postings on some of them. I notice that Verna Allee is doing a workshop with Dave Snowden in Brisbane… lots going on in other parts of the world!

Also getting back into the details of an SNA case study for the UVA Roundtable. Almost 30 companies have signed up for the roundtable so far; the first meeting will be April 27 at Babson. It’s such a pleasure to work with Rob Cross, especially to see the launch of a community of practitioners who are advancing the methodology and so willing to share.