Four personalities that determine innovation success or failure
Innovation, done right, is an interactive flow of diverse contributions. For sure, it is a process of building on the knowledge, perspectives and heuristics of multiple people. It’s in this diversity where novel solutions emerge. But there’s another aspect to it. Think of innovation as a multi-act play. One in which distinct personalities enter the […]
Innovation Thrives between the Lines of Chaos and Control
Innovation killer #4: Create an obstacle course for ideas. Guaranteed way to kill the innovative spirit? Model your processes on Kafka’s The Trial or your typical parking clerk’s office. CIO Magazine, July 24, 2007 On the heels of the SpigitFusion release, I’ve had the opportunity to hear from a number of people on the topic […]
Three Pluses, Three Minuses of Quora as a KM System
Knowledge Management (aka “KM”) is a field that I don’t have personal experience in. It’s supposed to be practices, processes and systems where valuable knowledge of workers is collected and made available for others. KM continues to be an important topic for enterprises these days, but it also freighted with many failures and disappointments. Without […]
A little bit of Cray, over on SemanticWeb.com
Image via Wikipedia The second of my monthly columns just went up on semanticweb.com. This month, I take a quick look at an intriguing partnership between supercomputer titan Cray and a group of established semantic technology companies. To what extent do (very) big machines with loads of RAM figure in the continuing roll-out of enterprise-grade […]
When “as a Service” Makes Nouns Into Verbs
Image by The Value Web Photo Gallery via Flickr There has been a lot of discussion (both here and elsewhere) lately about the chasm/connection/convergence/divergence of “social media” and “enterprise 2.0.” Let’s set aside for a moment that both terms are atrocious, and focus in on something that is relevant and caught my eye this morning. […]
