Eco
Eco

The social science of hype

As we accelerate into the world of commercial machine learning and artificial intelligence, we once again find ourselves discussing technology hype. We have to be …

Living in a networked world: Emergent business ecosystems

When trying to reframe our thinking we need to ensure that there is place for seeing the world for what it really is. I believe …

The Innovation for Jobs Summit

 As we reflect on the Innovation for Jobs Summit that brought together some brilliant minds from around the world, it highlighted the fact that ecosystems form …

Socio-spill and the mindset of “copy”, oops “imitation”, no it’s an “improvement”

Travelling through the cities we kept getting glimpses of the contrasting cultures of east and west. In the residential districts your eyes are met with …

Giles Zopa and my take on the social graph

Simon and I went to see Giles Zopa a few days ago to get insights into Zopa. This is an extrapolated view of a part …

Where do new ideas really come from? One such view…

Networks are the infrastructure for the transmission of information and ideas. A meme is what packages the ideas and information that is being sent. Coined …

The tyranny of change and telling fortunes

I’ve had some push-back on my views about socially driven innovations and that in turn means a push back on open innovation. When “The Process …

Idea ecologies, the new frontier of innovation?

Idea ecologies are exploding by using open innovation based principles. Until recently it was very difficult to tell your suppliers (the many retail and other …

Making the case for Social Based Innovation

I’ve been discussion many concepts relating to innovation over the last few years. But kept the development of our new approach under wraps as we …