Anything yet
Here’s the intuition: New technologies – including ideas, techniques and ways of thinking, as well as physical tools – very often come from the creative… Read More »Anything yet
technology
Structure Counts: Information Architecture reading list and who’s who
I know almost nothing about Information Architecture, but I’ve been thinking a lot about structuring information recently. Here’s the metaphor: Jacques Carelman‘s famous Coffee pot for… Read More »Structure Counts: Information Architecture reading list and who’s who
Deep literacy: what it takes
Put aside AI and machine learning for a minute, and ask instead: “What does it take to equip a human to be self-teaching?” As a… Read More »Deep literacy: what it takes
Education for the future: what do our kids need?
How do we prepare our kids for the future? There have been places and times where the rate of change has been faster than it… Read More »Education for the future: what do our kids need?
Steve Blank on the Apple Watch and a revolution in healthcare
Steve Blank‘s recent post on the Apple Watch (The Apple Watch – Tipping Point for Healthcare) is another great analysis of how technological developments and… Read More »Steve Blank on the Apple Watch and a revolution in healthcare
Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation Rule 5: Own your Assets
This is the fifth post in a series applying Seth Godin’s rules of bootstrapping (see also here) to building a non-profit organisation. Build and own an asset that’s difficult for… Read More »Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation Rule 5: Own your Assets
Intelligences
Imagine you are in charge of developing an artificial intelligence. Your AI has the ability to move into the world and mingle with human beings,… Read More »Intelligences
Hybrids (4): Intersections and you
This is the fourth of a series on the role of hybrids in innovation. This is where I put the ideas of the previous posts to… Read More »Hybrids (4): Intersections and you
Hybrids (3): when ideas breed (Kevin Kelly on combinatorial innovation)
Kevin Kelly has a lot to say about innovation as combination. Here’s a good riff: Most new ideas and new inventions are disjointed ideas merged.… Read More »Hybrids (3): when ideas breed (Kevin Kelly on combinatorial innovation)
Hybrids (2): combinations and connections (Tim O’Reilly on Combinational Innovation)
New ideas and technologies are often hybrids. Sometimes we take quantum leaps and invent entirely new technologies, but more often they seem to emerge at… Read More »Hybrids (2): combinations and connections (Tim O’Reilly on Combinational Innovation)