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The Web is Dead? or Just in the Modularity Cycle?

By John Julius Sviokla | Published September 2, 2010

Wired magazine recently announced on its cover that the Web is Dead.  I confess I really like the magazine  despite some of the hyperbolic rants that Chris Anderson, Wired’s editor creates like his book “Free” — which is completely indefensible from an intellectual or.

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Disruptive Innovation Mashup? The Copenhagen Wheel

By John Julius Sviokla | Published August 15, 2010

Big Think reported yesterday that the Copenhagen Wheel, which was designed at MIT’s media lab is going to win the $15,000 Dyson Prize for design. The video below gives an idea of the wheel’s most salient attributes.  This Copenhagen wheel is derived from the.

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Disruptive Thinking: 5 attributes to consider

By John Julius Sviokla | Published August 7, 2010

Every once in a while you see something which is such a fresh solution to a problem you just say ahhhh.  Check out this skytrain/bus idea about how to float about the traffic in China and create efficient transport. It got me thinking as.

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Diamond Study Finds Financial Services Firms Focused on Innovation

By John Julius Sviokla | Published July 29, 2010

I recently learned something fascinating from business and technology executives in the financial services industry. Despite the increased regulation and turbulent economy that financial services firms have been facing over the past couple of years, they are focused on innovation. We shared this finding.

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Google’s App Inventor: More needed duct tape for our digital world

By John Julius Sviokla | Published July 12, 2010

When something gets modular, the opportunity to create many more innovations skyrockets.  Hundreds, or thousands or millions of inventors can give something a try and then the market can sort out what works and what does not.  Years ago in an interview in the.

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Economics of Cognitive Work Part II: Exploring the B2B Paradigm

By John Julius Sviokla | Published July 7, 2010

In a recent blog post I began to explore some ideas concerning the nature and economics of cognitive work in the modern corporation.  I made a distinction between Business to Consumer (B2C) work and Business to Business (B2B) work.  In B2B work, leaders have.

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The Economics of Cognitive Work: Some initial ideas

By John Julius Sviokla | Published June 30, 2010

I have been long fascinated by the economics of cognitive work and I plan to explore this topic across a number of blog entries. I use the term cognitive work, not knowledge work, because knowledge work is a slippery slope. As soon as you.

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Can You Draw Your Innovation Process?

By John Julius Sviokla | Published June 27, 2010

A dear friend of mine Barbara Feinberg researched many new product development processes and she helped Kim Clark and Steve Wheelright of the Harvard Business School as they authored Managing New Product and Process Development.  Barbara told me about a cool idea.  When senior.

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