Announcing the Wikinomics Playbook

Wikinomics was published with 11 chapters, but only the first ten chapters had been written. Chapter 11 – the Wikinomics Playbook – was a blank slate with an open invitation for the world to help us write a suiting conclusion on wikinomics.com.

Over the course of 2007 something remarkable happened. A community of readers and experts formed and took on a life of its own. Thanks to a great deal of diligent “wiki gardening,” the community crafted a compelling and insightful guide to embedding wikinomics concepts and principles in 21st century organizations and business enterprises. Personally, I think it’s an amazing accomplishment given that the Playbook covers so many topics ranging from wiki adoption strategies to leadership in a “wiki organization” to mass collaboration in politics.

Hundreds of individuals generously volunteered their valuable time and ideas to the Playbook and we are grateful to everyone who took this journey with us. However, twenty six contributors deserve special mention for the hard work and creativity they put into writing this chapter. They are: Ron Long, Michael Laine, Max Ugaz, Kartik Ariyur, Al Safrata, Franciel Azpurua-Linares, Mark Temple-Raston, Gabriel Draven, Michael Pilling, Bob Iliff, Kartik Ariyur, Kate Raynes-Goldie, Joost Bekel, Jeff DeChambeau, Steven Streight, Alex Todd, Critt Jarvis, Neal Locke, Ryan Riley, Todd Dunn, Martin Cleaver, Bert Murray, Franciel Azpurua-Linares, Brendan Long, and Peter Haine.

So, while you can now download and enjoy version 1.0 of the Wikinomics Playbook, the opportunity to continue the dialogue is by no means over. We’d still like to hear your stories about how Wikinomics is changing your organization or sector. May this be the one of many wiki-books to come!