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Assistant professor and founding director of the Media Innovation program, Jeff Howe, and early-stage investor in technology companies including Twitter, Flickr and Kickstarter, Joichi “Joi” in a combined effort for TED, contends that the best way to prepare for a future of unknown complexity might be to build on the strength of our differences. This is to…
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I wrote the first version of this article two years ago and offered an updated version last year. I have had a great many people remark to me that it has helped them a great deal (which is the point, I guess.) I have also had several people give me some new ideas and, of course, I have had…
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Our experience and research demonstrate that successful agile organizations consistently exhibit the five trademarks described in this article. The trademarks include a network of teams within a people-centered culture that operates in rapid learning and fast decision cycles which are enabled by technology, and a common purpose that co-creates value for all stakeholders. These trademarks complement…
How understanding light has led to a hundred years of bright ideas
The revolutionary theory of the nature of light which won Albert Einstein the 1921 Nobel prize for physics went on to remake the world. Oliver Morton surveys a century of innovation. Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel prize for physics in 1922. The temporal anomaly embodied in that sentence was not, alas, one of the…
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As a fact, all of the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. Some is left to litter the natural environment, where it can get into rivers and wash out into the sea.The plastic-waste problem will worsen before it…