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Future of Business is Social Media driven…

December 17th, 2009
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Extreme reputation model means you may not exist virtually!

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Gerd Leonhard makes some great points in three minutes. Mobile driven instant feedback mechanisms may mean your business no longer exists virtually. Are we allowing our customer eco-systems to be fed a balanced diet? Whether you believe in the value of crowd sourced data or not, it can make or break a business.

New models must be adopted that enable the crowd to have more control than is traditionally allowed by old business models. Nevertheless, it’s the open source, creative commons world we are entering. We don’t have a choice. We’re on a collision course. Brace yourselves.

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The Future of Business: Innovation and Sustainability based on what we love more than what we measure…

December 17th, 2009
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I’m reminded of the axiom that we measure what we value but what we love, we protect. This 3 minute video explains pretty well why that is and why new business models must reach for more than trust, performance, and respect. As Saachi advertising gurus brought out last year, trademarks must be replaced by lovemarks.

We live in an experience market more than a consumer market. Sustainable experiences are those experiences we love and to which we want to come back and invite others.

What about education? What model do we use in the design of our schools and the learning we deliver? Are we meeting the needs of stakeholders? We would do well to reconsider, rethink, redesign, and reconstruct from the ground up.

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Polar Sea Ice Cap and Snow – Cryosphere Today – iPhone friendly puts data in your hands

December 17th, 2009
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recent Arctic ice area
recent Arctic sea ice
N. hemispheric ice area
Northern Hemisphere sea ice area
N. hemispheric anomaly
Polar sea ice anomaly
seasonal sea ice
seasonal sea ice trend
via arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu

Before jumping on the ice-melt bandwagon, we should arm ourselves with the facts. This university science center website offers visual data, both historic and current.

The adaptation to the iPhone demonstrates how education is being changed by hand-held devices. Just this past week, a school in the U.K. gave iPhones to every student. Imagine trying to argue and debate with ubiquitous access to data in the palm of our hands.

Of course, critical thinking skills are still needed to sort through the vast array of opinion and conjecture and to skillfully help others release their death grip on old ideas without losing face.

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‘We’ll Work for Free,’ Say Retired Professors, but Colleges Struggle With How to Use Them. Really?

December 17th, 2009
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This is a good example of how the old business model is so entrenched within the educational institution, that we can’t see for forest for the trees. Experienced, retired professors are willing to teach for free. But we can’t figure out how to make that work. Hmm… perhaps because money interests outweigh education interests? Is that a crowded football stadium I hear roaring??

Where are our priorities? Look what Open University is doing (started by retired professors I remind you). With all our brains, we can’t figure out how to make a new model sustainable? I find that hard to believe. What is easier to believe is that the discomfort faced by the entrenched at the thought of losing their jobs, prevents them for doing their job which is to educate the next generation.

If our forefathers had this attitude when founding our Nation, we wouldn’t have a nation. Self sacrifice for the common and future good took precedence over personal comforts. Who wants to make a difference? really??

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Libraries Evolving into Laboratories of Synergistic Learning through “Trends” as Information Commons.

December 17th, 2009
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libraries seem to be evolving into laboratories of synergistic learning through “trends” as information commons.

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I like this definition of libraries in light of how technology is transcending traditional space-time barriers within which they have existed. Technology is stretching the “boxes” outside of which we think; even eliminating the box altogether. Was it ever 2 dimensional anyway? Think outside the cube. Think outside the orb. Transcend the metaverse of space-time. The human spirit – the final frontier?

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