Since I found the top model 6 years ago, it’s been extremely useful to me as I have supported bringing people together from different universities and disciplines through new assemblies of virtual teams, CoPs or learning networks. As we bring people together from different places and backgrounds, we have to continually negotiate the tools, skill sets, and assemblies of people needed to learn and get the work done.

That is where the Network Learning Model has been helpful to me. Looking at the model, I can ask questions about how we work, where we work, and well as how we learn and where we learn to create the most value for each individual and their teams. Without the discussion of how and where we value spending time, it’s often too seductive to write ourselves off as being ‘too busy’ doing 'rewarded' work in our project teams.

The Triple Operating System model is newer to me, but I saw it’s importance last week as we worked with Nebraska Extension issue team members. It dawned on me, that looking through the lens of someone in an organizational change support role, the Alternatives space is *one* that can be intentionally fostered and connected within the organization. Perhaps, too concrete a name or idea, or to say it's just one space to foster, but I’ve been tempted to think of this as a community of adaptability or community of change. I'd be curious to know if you thought this name had some merit?!