So the future was supposed to be upon us: a world in which, untethered by the need to be physically anywhere, we would all put our information in the cloud and access it by any… Read more »
Archives for December 2010
Cloud Computing? Not So Fast—Unintended Consequences of Recent Disclosures
So the future was supposed to be upon us: a world in which, untethered by the need to be physically anywhere, we would all put our information in the cloud and access it by any… Read more »
Managing Failure
Blogging Innovation refers to Entrepreneurial Mindset in their blog entitled Managing Failure
BBQ Parties for guys? Release your inner Avon!
Among the sites I enjoy visiting is Springwise, a web site dedicated to spotting interesting new ideas from all around the world. This week they discovered a doozy – Barbecue parties targeted at men, at… Read more »
When life hands you lemons…AOL Style
What can you say about a 25-year-old web portal that has lost its grip on the public imagination? I refer of course to AOL, which for many of us was our first introduction to the… Read more »
The corruption of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk
By now, most people are familiar with Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk business. Here's how it works: if you have a job that needs to be done that really requires a person to do it, you can post… Read more »
Ghost cities of China – some amazing pictures
Next to the Federal Reserve, China holds most of America's debt. A recent National Public Radio broadcast said that China was acting like "the big man on campus" (a more polite radio-friendly term than I… Read more »
WikiLeaks, the Cloud, and You!
I recently argued over at my Harvard Business Review blog that recent dramatic releases of information that was meant to be private (Karen Owens' revelations of intimate relationships and the ongoing WikiLeaks revelations) are likely… Read more »
Hans Rosling’s thought provoking analysis of economic development
Back in May, I was fortunate enought to attend the Microsoft CEO Summit, a world-class gathering of corporate leaders from all over the world. One of the presentations that made a big splash was by… Read more »
Rita McGrath spoke to the Special Libraries Association, New York Chapter
On November 18, the New York chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) presented a very educational and inspiring “Information and Intelligence” forum at Baruch College, CUNY. Speakers ranged from Columbia University Business Professor Rita… Read more »
New Podcast about Business Models
In this podcast, I discuss issues regarding business models, with examples ranging from firms such as Kodak, CEMEX and Bose. Have a listen! Feedback always welcome.
Differences Between Discovery Driven Planning And Scenario Driven Planning Tools
OPPapers.com discusses the differences in an essay posted here.