Geppetto 2.0: Democratizing the ability to bring things to life
One of the most recognizable stories on the planet, and certainly in Italian history, is the story of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It is one of the most re-used, re-purposed, revised, and...
View ArticleTechnology’s role in value creation and growth
Do you want to retain/increase your value? Do that which cannot be codified. Do you want to grow? Leverage technology to automate everything that can be codified. The post Technology’s role in value...
View ArticleImmersive Experiences: Changing (and extending) Our World
Last month I spent some time with more than 150,000 people from 140 countries at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. There were over 3,600 exhibitors spread out across several venues. I had the privilege to see...
View ArticleThe Cloud keeps attempting to disintermediate the CIO
The cloud. It’s remarkable. The widely available and rapidly growing source of the greatest computing power and storage capability ever known to man continues to unleash the rapid spread of new...
View ArticleRich Communication and its Impact on the Enterprise
The year was 1996. I had just signed up for Hotmail – a free email service. I had recently been introduced to email – something I rarely used, but was increasingly relying on it, especially to...
View ArticleTechnology assuming role of the enterprise subconscious
Nobel Prize winner, psychologist, an behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman has dedicated much of his 50+ year career to studying human judgement and decision making. In his best selling book “Thinking...
View ArticleUpdated thoughts / probabilities of SFDC acquisition $CRM
(Note: This is 100% pure speculation and is based on only publicly available insider information) Upon initial rumors, I shared some brief thoughts on Twitter about a potential SFDC acquisition. $SFDC...
View ArticleBeware the danger of false precision and over expectations
We are living in an era of of titanic shifts; an era where significant changes happen in comparatively short amounts of time. 10 years ago, smartphones didn’t exist. Now we can’t live without them....
View ArticleData, Analytics, & Algorithms: Bedrocks of Future Organizations
Billions of decisions are being made in organizations as you’re reading this blog post; Strategic decisions. Hiring decisions. Purchasing decisions. Technology decisions. The cumulative impact of...
View ArticleDigital innovation transcends roles, requires unique skills mashup
Just over a year ago, I pre-ordered “stickers” that serve as location beacons. After a few delays, I received them in the mail yesterday along with a handwritten note from Estimote CEO Jakub Krzych....
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