(found via Raymond Pirouz) What if… you could see the information flowing all around you? What if… you could overlay that “information reality” over “normal reality?” Some are calling this “augmented reality” while those of you who have seen the movie “The Matrix” might recognize this as, well, The Matrix (which Morpheus will explain below, […]
In marketing his most recent white paper for KMWorld, Andy Moore wrote: “For decades, it’s been a promise. But knowledge management is finally possible. That’s because social networking MAKES it possible. By allowing fast, easy and lightweight collaboration between individuals and workgroups, tools such as user forums, blogs, wikis and their ilk have finally made […]
In 1964, Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase ” The medium is the message.” I have often quoted McLuhan in my writings and presentations, in agreement. But, I fear far too many take his message the wrong way, which can and has lead to serious repercussions. Yesterday I was watching to a video podcast interview between […]
Whats the greatest invention of all time. Come on – you know the answer. Universally it is used as the benchmark against which all new inventions are compared. “It’s the greatest thing since …” Right, Sliced bread. OK – so we can debate whether or not sliced bread REALLY IS the greatest invention of all […]
Last week the annual Enterprise 2.0 conference was once again held in my home town, Boston. Like thousands of my colleagues I came, I saw, I commented. So, why has it taken me so long to blog about it? Well, in addition to the usual – “I have been busy” excuses (truthful as they are), […]
Readers of the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams may recognize the picture at the right as the “Babel Fish” – for others, an explanation is in order. The Babel Fish is “small, yellow, leech-like, and is a universal translator which simultaneously translates from one spoken language to another. When inserted into the […]
Several weeks ago, I spent 5 days in Portland, OR, most of that time spent working and learning along side a scrappy group of people from a ~150 person manufacturing company. The topics we were wrestling with? Innovation and creative problem solving. Now, these days, particularly in the United States, two dirty words/phrases are manufacturing […]
Have you heard of CPSI? (typically pronounced sip-see) CPSI stands for The Creative Problem Solving Institute, the annual conference on Creative Problem Solving, created by the Creative Education Foundation which was founded in 1954 by Alex Osborn (the inventor of brainstorming and writer of the oft referenced, but hardly read [and hard to find] book […]
As far as IT organizations have come in the last few decades, there is still much that just doesn’t quite work as it should. Why are IT (the technology) and IT teams (the people) frequently seen as “part of the problem” when they (and all other players) should all be part of the solution? Is […]
IAM Talking: The Problems of Process, In Practice [ 40 min 20 s ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadI am appalled, indeed outraged by the Chinese government’s ongoing use of censorship and suppression of search tools, blogs and microblogging in order to “erase” the Tianamen Square Massacre from the history of China. According to recent articles, there is an entire generation of Chinese who have no idea the event ever happened. But, while […]
