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  • iPAD what’s next ? Oblong !

    Seen at many blogs and feeds during the last week. Of all, i like most the post of MG Siegler of Techcrunch. MG Siegler writes: The demo I saw a couple years ago was stunning, but it was still just a video. Apparently, at TED, the audience got to see it in action. NYT’s Bits… Read more

  • Maslow for Stakeholder Relations

    If you have any role in Stakeholder Relations (in some companies this is called “PR” and/or “Investor Relations” and/or “HR”), i can recommend reading Chip Conley’s book “Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow” Conley, the CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, turned to psychologist Abraham Maslow’s iconic Hierarchy of Needs.… Read more

  • Flyfire swarm for U2 ?

    Found via Singularity Hub. Re-think big screens. Really big screens in the sky. Think swarms. MIT’s Flyfire project uses a swarm of miniature helicopters with embedded LED lights to act as ’smart pixels’ as they fly through the air. Acting in concert they will be able to form complex three dimensional shapes – digital displays… Read more

  • No more collateral damage

    There was this week a really interesting article in Trends Magazine about “The Blue Economy”, about a guy called Gunter Pauli, and his ZERI foundation. I started googling this stuff, and was amazed about what i found. Apparently, Gunter Pauli is busy doing what he does for quite some time, as can be seen in… Read more

  • Thought experiment: who am i really ?

    About a year ago, I did my “coming-out” of the Leading by Being program. That program led to the start of this blog in April 2009. Leading by Being is in essence a deep search for yourself and how you function in groups and in the world in general. It’s trying to answer the question… Read more

  • Innovation Traumas

    Interesting blog post from James Gardner in Bankersvision a couple of days ago. Formerly Head of Innovation and CIO of Investment at Lloyds Banking Group in London, James Gardner is now Chief Technology Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK Government. James has also written “Innovation and the Future Proof Bank”,… Read more