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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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How to Introduce Big Technology Change
Very Good piece from HBR on the rapid introduction of big technology change in the large enterprise, including some consumer package goods examples. We experienced...
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Building Private Social Networks
An idea we experimented with. In particular as new hires come on board expecting to communicate broadly with a social network. This makes some good points about...
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Design Thinking and Storytelling
A favorite topic of mine: Elements of the design and its story place the design in a human context.
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Predictive Analytics in Police Work
An overview. Saw an IBM presentation on this earlier this year. All analytics can be used predictively, so the idea is not new. Simple block crime occurrence...
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Technological Adoption and Economies
How historical technology adoptions have changed global economies. In HBS Working Knowledge. This has been known for a king time. Somewhat counter indicative...
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Searchable Map of the Internet
In FlowingData: A very dense visualization of the Internet today. A visually intriguing viz, but also an example of many opportunities missed. As the article...
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Organs on a Chip
We worked for some time with this kind of bio simulation capability that came from UCSD. Their BioNome Research Center now appears to be defunct. (Can anyone provide...
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Creation Myth and Reality of Innovation
Fascinating piece on innovation from PARC. Which remarks on Steve Job's famous visit to PARC labs for a demonstration of the 'windows' concept and mouse pointing...
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The Necessity of Algebra
In the NYT. Making the case for eroding quantitative literacy. Even otherwise bright management is often mystified by simple math. So lets make that even more...
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Information Technology is Still Important
Surprise, IT is more more important than ever, the recent debate is about who will bring what portions of it to the table, and what are the implications of that...
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Games in the Workplace
In Mashable. a number of interesting examples of games in play at work.
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iPhone and iPad Photography
In GigaOM: On advanced uses of the iPhone and iPad. This leads me to thinking about tablets and smartphones as sensory devices. How can you provide information...
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Innovation Silos
A frequent situation in the large organization. Because different areas are not seen as competent to recognize useful innovations in others. One answer is to...
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Analytics and Decision in Health Care
Tom Davenport on new frontiers in health care via analytics. I agree, the frontier has arrived in the form of accessible data, sensors and readily available analytics...
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Social Media and the Olympics
Have been following the use of social media by Procter & Gamble and others in conjunction with the Games. This article has a good overview of a number of efforts...
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Microstyle: Writing Little
Reading: Microstyle, The Art of Writing Little, by Christopher Johnson. About the rise of compressed writing in things like branding and social networks. So...
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Package Goods Beats Sales Expectaton
All but one major packaged goods company has exceeded sales expectations. Spending increases. The pressure is on. In AdAge.
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Global Intelligence and Advanced Data Discovery
Manny Aparicio of Saffron Technology sends along this note and links to supporting video:"At this year’s Gartner BI Summit in Los Angeles, Rita Sallam identified...
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Wal-Mart Labs and Social Shopping
In ReadWriteWeb: Another look at Wal-Mart Labs. I like to think that they were inspired somewhat by our work. " ... “Transaction data often works, but it...
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