what’s my book about again?
05 Jan, 2012 • posts i've written • 2 comments
Strategy as we know it should become an emergent phenomenon of a lean organization co-evolving with its environment, seeking to map its internal and external networks, gain nodes, create shared value, and cope with unintended consequences.
Yep. In a nutshell. It’s ok if that just sparked more questions than it answered. That’s why it’s a book.
For a world that’s more connected, and inherently more complex, I think we need to question our old assumptions about strategy and organizational management.
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With a new year comes a strong re-commitment to this project. I appreciate everyone’s patience. My life has been a bit more chaotic than I would have liked and progress hasn’t come as quickly as I want, either.
Writing has been an adventure – one I’m incredibly fortunate to be afforded by very kind, supportive, folks.
Polaboy
Polaboy, a giant lamp-like Polaroid frame, is one of the coolest ideas I have seen in a while. I completely want one for Studiomates.
Polaboys are enlarged Polaroids to a scale of 10:1 (to 88x107cm) and backlit. They are 20 mm thick and use energy-saving LED area lights. The frame is wooden and they are made in Germany. Also good to know: The photographs can
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network leading itself
Awhile ago, I read Duncan’s article in HBR on Occupy Wall Street movement, where he asserts that the role of leaders is to serve as an image, a projection, and embodiment of values of a movement, thus making it easy to understand. I find that nothing summarizes the leader-less movements and the idea of the network-as-influence-machine better than the sentence above. Found here.
A Visual Guide To New Year’s Resolutions [Infographic]
When you break down the numbers and find that 88% of New Year’s resolutions end in failure, it’s hard to not be discouraged. But darnit this year will be different… won’t it?
Source: visually.visually.netdna-cdn.com
In retail stores, research tool uses Kinect to track shoppers’ behavior
Nintendo’s Wii platform has already sparked applications well beyond the world of gaming, so it’s not entirely surprising to see Microsoft’s Kinect do much the same thing. Enter Shopperception, a Kinect-based tracking system that gathers data on shoppers’ interactions with the products on retail shelves.
The brainchild of Argentinian development company Agile Route, Shopperception uses Kinect sensors to bring 3D spatial recognition
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$25 Raspberry Pi computer is as small as a credit card, will launch next month
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is preparing to launch a new ultra-affordable Linux-powered computer next month that is the size of a credit card. It’s so affordable, in fact, that it will cost just $25 or $35, depending on how much RAM the buyer requires. In an interview with Edge, Raspberry Pi Foundation head David Braben said, despite the size and low cost, the Raspberry Pi computer is powerful enough to run games such as
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