Peering into the near future of technologically aided productivity. [...]
One possible tech future
Communicating failure
"We don't share negative results." If your organization does not communicate failure, isn't it learning only half the story at half speed? [...]
6 Proposal warning signs
Bad ideas gives give off warning signals just like unwashed bodies do. Here are some of them. [...]
Markets and Creativity
Most systems in traditional organizations are well crafted closed systems. It has relatively few interactions of cognitive dissonance, and virtually no capacity to adapt to it as a matter of course. The market moves on. The product either moves as well, or slowly ages. Our marketing efforts do not measure the organism; they measure the skeleton of the organism. The vast majority of managers have no idea where their largest growth opportunities are. How could they? [...]
The Emergent Creativity of the Discovery of Penicillin
Emergent qualities of creativity can be seen everywhere. The discoveries of penicillin and LSD are examples. LSD aids in altering perspective, which may be why song writers are so often under the influence of hallucinogens when they write and perform. [...]