Chris Anderson, editor of Wired is presenting some of the ideas that are due in his fortcoming new book on the concept of “free” in the old and new economies. There’s a long excerpt from the book, a video and sidebars about the economics of giving away, overall a nice read: […] this business model […]
Some notes on the first OSMB keynote by Barry Crist, CEO of Likewise Software. His company has this nifty business and goal, “Making Linux first class citizens in Windows networks”, i.e. integration with MS authentification etc. Theme of his presentation is “Open Source in the Enterprise: The Perfect Storm in 2008”, I will see if […]
I know I’m late to the party, but want to note this for me anyway: Bruce Nussbaum and team have fourteen innovation predictions for 2008 ready: Get ready for … anything. As companies, governments – indeed, entire countries – confront an array of dilemmas, the only constant will be change Been there, seen that. But […]
Last year was terrible for the recorded-music majors. The next few years are likely to be even worse Economist, Jan 10 2008
In BBCs GlobalBiz Peter Day talks with Richard Sennett about the role and prospect of crafts for managing organizations. Some sound quotes by craftsmen like Richard Taylor (of NZ’s Weta) are interspersed. This week’s programme explores an intriguing proposition: that craftspeople know better than most business people how organisations ought to be run. […] good […]
The McKinsey Quarterly has published an article by James M. Manyika, Roger P. Roberts, and Kara L. Spragueon on eight technology-enabled trends that will help shape businesses in the future. Eight emerging trends are transforming many markets and businesses. Executives should learn to shape the outcome rather than just react to it. […] Technology alone […]
From my toblog-backlog, a while ago Business Week magazine had a cover story on the “The Future of Work”, which had some material for the discussion on knowledge work and collaboration in the enterprise, namely when social software comes into the play. Remember, I am coaching and consulting in this space, so I found these […]
