I’ve just written a new book: Wikipatterns: a practical guide to improving productivity and collaboration in your organization, that’s published by Wiley. The book is inspired by Wikipatterns.com, but focuses on the methods I use for successfully growing wiki use within the organizations I advise. From the preface: “This book is about change. It is as much a how-to guide for using a wiki as it is a how-to guide for making change happen.

Status quo often becomes the norm when the tools available to people are difficult to use, highly structured and only meet a narrow set of needs, and don’t elicit a positive emotional connection from the people that use them. The wiki is a product of the idea that change can replace status quo as the norm if people have tools that do respond to their needs, emphasize the importance of people in building and managing knowledge, and maximize the feeling that they’re in charge of their own success.”

You’ll be hearing a lot more about the book in the coming weeks, and PDF excerpts of the Table of Contents, Chapter 1, and the Index are available here. It will be available online in a few weeks, then in stores early next year.