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Embracing Disruptive Innovations: Organizational Challenges 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
In early August I participated in a strategic planning meeting in the Boston area. I was there in my role as a board member of the Institute for Data Driven Design (ID3), a research and educational n...
The Collaborative, Sharing Economy 19 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
A few weeks ago I wrote about my recent participation in the 2013 Roundtable on Institutional Innovation, an Aspen Institute event that took a close look at the impact of digital technologies on the e...
Innovation as a Journey into the Future 7 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
I recently read an excellent innovation report, - Strategic Orientations for Innovation: Chile in the 2025 Horizon. The document was developed by Chile’s National Innovation Council for Competitivene...
Parallel Supercomputing: Past, Present and Future 5 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
From the early days of the industry, supercomputers have been pushing the boundaries of IT, identifying the key barriers to overcome and experimenting with technologies and architectures that are then...
The Nature of the Firm in the Digital Economy 29 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
In early July I participated in the 2013 Roundtable on Institutional Innovation sponsored by the Aspen Institute’s Communications and Society Program. The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy...
Smart Homes - Building for America's Bravest 22 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
In the Fall of 2007, I taught a graduate course in MIT - Technology-based Business Transformation. The course focused on the major challenges that a business must deal with to successfully bring a di...
From the Digital Divide to Inclusive Innovation: the Case of Digital Money 15 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
On June 26 I participated in a panel discussion on digital money at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London. The RSA, - whose full name is the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactu...
Big Data Takes Center Stage 8 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
A few recent articles have expressed concerns that big data may be at the peak of inflated expectations in the so-called hype cycle for emerging technologies, and will soon start falling into the trou...
The Era of Cognitive Computing 1 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
Tools have played a central role in human evolution since our ancestors first developed hand axes and similar such stone tools a few million years ago. Ever since, we’ve been co-evolving right alongs...
Data Science and the Changing Nature of Research and Innovation 24 Jun 2013 | 03:00 pm
Last month, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) released the results of a new study, ARISE II: Unleashing America’s Research & Innovation Enterprise. The study examined the current state...
