The collected Body Of Knowledge of the Operational Excellence Society.
Reuters reports: A year after sunny Spain issued notice of a law forcing solar energy-equipped homes and offices to pay a punitive tax, architect Inaki Alonso re-installed a 250 watt solar panel on a beam over his Madrid roof terrace. This, in response to an attempt by the government wanting people to become afraid of generating…
The Economist reports how the end of the paper-age has yet to arrive. Ever since the “paperless office” was first mooted in a Business Week article back in 1975, its estimated time of arrival has always been ten years away. And so it remains. With the advent of technological innovation at our fingertips, you would rightly…
The Economist reports how a new type of software helps researchers decide what they should be looking for. You might think that apples, mushrooms and pork sounds a promising recipe for a kebab – and the average barbecuer might balk at adding strawberries. But according to John Gordon of IBM, however, the result proposed by your computer…
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At 3D Systems, Avi Reichental is helping to imagine a future where 3D scanning-and-printing is an everyday act, and food, clothing, objects are routinely output at home. Just like his beloved grandfather, Avi Reichental is a maker of things. The difference is, now he can use 3D printers to make almost anything, out of almost…
Wouldn’t it be great if you could reliably predict which leaders in your organization are naturally suited for success in the challenging Change Agent role? XONITEK is engaging with a research partner to develop a tool for doing exactly that. Find out about this research study and how your organization can participate in and benefit…
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At the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science — without standard tuition fees (though exams cost money). Education entrepreneur, Shai Reshef, aims to democratize higher education. He hopes that higher education is changing “from being a privilege for the few…
