People + networks = collective intelligence?

George Por - who led a London collaboration cafe earlier in the year - has posted an item on his blog about how we can raise the collective intelligence of a group or network, and also the ability of the participants in six key areas: intention; reflection; competence; recorded memory; support; trust and social capital. I'm particularly excited because the model, and George's wisdom, is very relevant to the problems of partnerships I wrote about yesterday, and the challenges of developing networks. My title equation - People + networks = collective intelligence - doesn't do justice to George's item which he entitles What Is My Collective IQ? - Boosting CI from Within. But then, as some of the blog comments indicate, the ideas can be a little difficult to grasp. It's a bit chewy to take at one gulp, but that's no bad thing.
I'm so excited by the ideas that I know if I don't write something I'll feel frustrated all day, so I'm just doing a brief mention to further alert the blogosphere to the item, and then turning back to work I'm doing on network development, with sideways glances at George's item for inspiration. I'll then post more later. On refIection, I think that's in line with George's suggestion for collaborative learning exploration, so it's working already.