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MENTAL MODEL · M5893

Wikinomics

Wikinomics
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

A model of mass collaboration based on openness, peer production, sharing, and global action. It breaks down corporate boundaries, allowing external talent to participate in internal value creation (e.g., Linux, Wikipedia).

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

Boundaryless productivity. The future company may be just a protocol or platform with very few core employees, and all value creation is done by external, self-organizing global networks.

anchor

Anchor fast decisions

Mass collaboration creates value, with the core being openness, peer production, sharing, and global operation, leveraging crowdsourcing to integrate dispersed capabilities.

MINIMUM ACTION

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    en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikinomicsZH · Explicit
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