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Presentations on the Future of AI
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Presentations on the Future of AI

On the Future of AI, In GigaOM.  " .... Gigaom recently hosted a meetup featuring thought leaders and entrepreneurs in the world of artificial intelligence andInteresting...

Kroger Private Label Growth
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger Private Label Growth

Continued growth of retail private label, statistics:How Kroger's private-label brands fuel growth Kroger's Simple Truth natural private-label brand is on track...

Lean Innovation at Amazon
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Lean Innovation at Amazon

In Innovation Excellence:  Fascinating piece.  Reporting on a piece in the McKinsey Quarterly.    " ... The company’s information technology was always very good...

Apple Pay vs the Wallet
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Apple Pay vs the Wallet

In Adage:   A long time examination.  In particular, what are the retail implications of having an easy to use,  location aware system for payment and information...

Google Goes Darpa
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Google Goes Darpa

More on innovation strategies.The famously innovative search company has taken a page from the Pentagon’s radical ideas factory. Here’s what’s brewing in Silicon...

Cincinnati Business Intelligence Symposium
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Cincinnati Business Intelligence Symposium

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYMPOSIUMThe 11th Cincinnati Business Intelligence Symposium on October 9, 2014 will showcase presentations from thought leaders in business...

World Bank Data Visualization Tool
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World Bank Data Visualization Tool

Visualization at the World Bank ...  in particular integrating visualization into communications and decision process is a good direction." ... The World Bank has...

Future of Work is Face to Face
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Future of Work is Face to Face

In FastCompany:   Look at the future of work." ... Forget what you think you know about the office of the future.  No you won't all be working from home. The surprising...

Supply Chain Control Risks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Supply Chain Control Risks

More compliance hints, here in the supply chain.  Emphasized in our talk this past week at the SCCE conference.  Just keeping an accurate list of connections like...

Media and Big Data
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Media and Big Data

In Forbes:   Lots of rapidly changing data with great variety.   An excellent example of good place for applying big data analytics.  " ... Executives in nearly...

3D Printer Launch into Space
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3D Printer Launch into Space

In Mashable:  A 3D printer is scheduled to be launched into space tomorrow.   I remember a number of plans to test manufacture in zero G.  Not sure of the results...

Blog Stats and Tags
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Blog Stats and Tags

This blog is now nearly ten years old, has nearly 10,000 posts. It is supported by over 5,000 tweets.  @FranzD  ..  It grew out of an earlier enterprise blog that...

Introduction to Ethnographic Field Research
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Introduction to Ethnographic Field Research

Article and link to a PDF article on the topic.  We had an informal representative of the role in the enterprise, and found in particular the aspect of how they...

The New Digital Medicine
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The New Digital Medicine

In the CACM:  How Digital Medicine is changing health care.  And a caution:  " ... Despite the pace of technological development, experts caution all these devices...

Evaluating MOOC in Coursera
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Evaluating MOOC in Coursera

One of the founding partners of the MOOC giant Coursera is the University of Pennsylvania.  The Most recent alumni magazine has an article on the evaluation of ...

Alibaba IPO Emerges
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Alibaba IPO Emerges

If you have not seen it yet.  Alibaba.com  " ... We operate leading online and mobile marketplaces in retail and wholesale trade, as well as cloud computing and...

AI Meets the C-Suite
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AI Meets the C-Suite

Good Historically Looking view of executive AI via McKinsey." ... Technology is getting smarter, faster. Are you? Experts including the authors of The Second Machine...

Multi Sensory Packaging
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Multi Sensory Packaging

In Packaging Digest:  A long time area of innovation research. The use of touch sensory design in packaging and display. Tactility they are calling it.   Here there...

Proximity Marketing
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Proximity Marketing

Short article in ClickZ on proximity marketing with beacons.  " .... Beacons have the ability to accelerate the mobile shopping experience and create increased...

The Challenge to Innovation
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The Challenge to Innovation

In Innovation Excellence:  The No. 1 Challenge.  To me it is culture and context.  Over a long career have seen many examples.  Here they suggest:   " ... The...
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