Created: 04/06/2009 in Agnostech | Comments (7)
“The Wisdom of Crowds” is an increasingly popular notion, well articulated by James Surowiecki in his book of the same name. It essentially refers to the concept that “large groups of people are smarter than an elite few”.
The surge in Social Networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, in conjunction with “crowdsourced” or community generated content such as Wikipedia, has provided the communication glue to enable the...
Created: 24/12/2009 in B2B - Making it work | Comments (0)
In the book and film, Field of Dreams, an Iowa farmer, Ray Kinsella, has a feeling that something is missing in his life. Strangely, one day, as he wanders through the tall corn in his field he hears, “Build it and he will come.” Apart from the initial confusion about who ‘he’ might be, Kinsella quickly assesses that what he needs to do is build a baseball diamond. Once built, the ghosts of the Chicago Black Socks come to practice and play on this field.
The whispered command has made its...
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- Customer Relations
Created: 22/07/2009 in Financial Services | Comments (0)
The incredible success of TV loon Shaun Micallef’s new quiz show, "Talkin’ ’bout your Generation”, has recently focused Australian media attention very positively on the clever characteristics of Generation Y – in this show favourably highlighted alongside their generational rivals the Baby Boomers and Generation X.
Recently there have been there has been some occasional and superficial press stories in the Australian media suggesting that Gen Ys are somewhat fickle in their job and...
Created: 18/11/2009 in Gadget Mad | Comments (0)
Do you have personal projects on top of your work commitments?
Having these projects on the side can impact your work quality. Consider outsourcing them.
There are many websites out there that allow you to outsource anything from designing a comic strip to producing a project plan.
I recently completed a large personal project in my spare time. Most of the work involved managing the people I hired to produce my product, which depending on who you hire can be tough. Lucky...
Created: 08/07/2009 in Healthcare | Comments (0)
I’m a real advocate of telemedicine and its potential to transform our health service here in Australia.
Look at our aging population. The demand for in-home care is certainly going to escalate. At the same time those agencies providing home care services will be under increasing pressure to improve patient care and efficiency. Telemedicine will most definitely play an important role in the delivery of the in-home care.
The other huge area of course is giving people from regional...
Created: 07/01/2010 in People Planet Profit | Comments (0)
Catching up with my reading at Christmas, I was very interested in a report called “Smart 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age” report published by The Climate Group and GeSI. The intersect of technology and climate change is far too interesting not to share with you.
The key messages are very interesting but also frightening:
It forecasts that emissions caused by the Information Communications Technology Industry is going to almost double between 2007 and 2020;
Mobile...
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- Mobility,
- Mobile Access
Created: 15/12/2009 in Re-thinking Innovation | Comments (0)
The summer holiday season provides the perfect opportunity to recharge your batteries and revitalise your mind. My personalised, nerdy, holiday reading list already includes Jill Jonnes Empires of Light, Edward De Bono Six Hats, Jack & Suzy Welch Winning: The Answers, Stan Grant Tears of a Stranger, Dr Graham Tattersall Geekspeak and Guy Kawasaki Reality Check. I love reading books about people, science, business and innovation.
While some might look forward to catching up on the Twilight...
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- Innovation