Cycles of convergence and divergence
There are cycles of convergence and divergence in the computer, consumer electronics, media and other industries that are confusing the general understanding of “convergence”. Convergence …
Case of Standard Bank: social media news on the go
Standard Bank has created a social news platform for their Pro20 series. It has the works; video, photos and the ability to make comments. Check …
Some ramblings (not rumblings) about protection and freedom
Would the free culture movement change the intellectual property landscape? Are we killing creativity by over-protecting our creations, by not allowing people to alter, enhance …
Intellectual property protection of marketplace platforms
Intellectual property protection (through patents) is always under scrutiny, and especially software patents. I started looking into “marketplace patents” recently and found a very confused …
Innovation journalism driving epistasis
I’ve been following the Innovation Journalism community since 2004; the reason – David Nordfors makes a compelling point that many of the innovations today are …
Reframing, reconfiguration and the road to co-production
Richard Normann wrote a landmark book in the 90’s called Reframing Business. It had a profound impact on my thinking about business and on others …
A case for NOT using military metaphors in business
We are in an era where the social being has an opportunity to reason about its existence and importance from a different vantage point- importance …
The redundant vision statement, but what’s next?
Vision statements are result of the over traded strategy consulting era of the 90’s and early 2000’s. A new kind of focus is emerging as …
From risk to uncertainty and the pace of innovation
Thomas Homer-Dixon wrote a piece on the 19th of March 2008 called “From Risk to Uncertainty”. He reasons that the current problems in the world …
Dynamic complexity in an integrated world
Having looked at the world through the networked ecosystem lens, you need to get an understanding of dynamic complexity. Ecogenetic thinking refers to the way …