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Seth's Blog: The Billion-Dollar T-Shirt
15 December 07 06:37 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

Ontological uncertainty exists when, even if you perfectly know and understand the environment you're in, you still can't predict the impact of your actions because the system is changing faster than the ripple effects of your actions can play out. This Read More...

Filed under: systems thinking, complexity science, change, ontological uncertainty

When information is not scarce, what does it mean to know?
16 November 07 05:10 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Another very interesting video here from the folks at Kansas State University that did the Academia 2.0 post and initial response . (BTW, the first video on the linked page IS the Academia 2.0 video, so be sure scroll down to the second video.) Similar Read More...

Filed under: complexity science, adaptive, change, learning, uncertainty, social networking, computing is a liberal art, knowledge, cyborg

» The next big thing: User-contributed metadata ... and More...
04 November 07 02:37 AM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Kind of a "roundup" post. First, this user-contributed metadata business. More the evolution of loyalty cards than of user-contributed media online, I think. . The next big thing: User-contributed metadata | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com . Will we see Read More...

Filed under: change, social networking, computing is a liberal art, cyborg

Optimizing the consumer value stream
03 July 07 11:33 PM | john.mullinax | 5 Comments   

Technorati Tags: systems thinking , lean , consumer experience , web 2.0 , next web , loyalty Are you thinking about your consumers' personal value stream?  The businesses I generally work with are familiar with the notion of a value chain or a value Read More...

Filed under: change, lean, UX, User Experience, consumer experience, social networking, mashups

Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 3: Strategies for Reinforcing Loops and the Hive Mind
20 June 07 03:59 PM | john.mullinax | 3 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg Here's a conundrum: if knowledge is personal, how do I benefit from what you "know"?  Read More...

Filed under: innovation, systems thinking, complexity science, adaptive, change, learning, Popfly, computing is a liberal art, knowledge, cyborg

Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 2: Knowledge is personal
20 June 07 05:34 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg In the natural world, few (if any) things grow without limits.  In the case of information Read More...

Filed under: innovation, continuous learning, systems thinking, complexity science, adaptive, change, learning, computing is a liberal art, knowledge

Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 1: Education Inflation
20 June 07 01:59 AM | john.mullinax | 5 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg Education Inflation   Most of us are familiar with the rising cost of education/tuition Read More...

Filed under: innovation, complexity science, adaptive, change, learning, computing is a liberal art, knowledge

Build to last is dead, speed rules, competency is currency. Resistance is futile.
15 June 07 05:09 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , adaptive , change , decision making , learning , context aware , cyborg An email exchange with a few colleauges last night, including Chris Bernard and Josh Holmes , got me thinking about the network as Read More...

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Learning to thrive in times of accelerating change
15 June 07 02:24 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Technorati Tags: continuous learning , systems thinking , adaptive , change , learning Over the last couple of years I've often heard about the need for a "sense and respond" capability -- to sense what's happening in our businesses and to respond Read More...

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What is Surface?
04 June 07 08:30 PM | john.mullinax | 3 Comments   

Well, by now I imagine many folks may have heard a little bit about Surface -- Microsoft's latest computing innovation. There's a reason Surface is getting a lot of buzz: it really is ground breaking! For those who haven't seen it yet, you owe it to yourself Read More...

Filed under: innovation, change, UX, Design, consumer experience, Surface

Empowered Consumer Experiences Drive Loyalty, Profits
08 May 07 09:00 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

We don’t get a physical newspaper at our house, but sometimes my wife will go buy one – and then throw it away (!) – to get the coupons inside. It’s not just my family abandoning newspapers -- newspaper circulations have been declining for over 15 years Read More...

Filed under: change, UX, User Experience, consumer experience, grocery business

Want Innovation? Don't Build to Last -- Build for Adaptation!
30 March 07 12:07 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

The pace of change in the world continues to accelerate. Business is global. Technology enables markets in New York to react almost instantly to changes in Shanghai. Technology gives us the power to be always on and always connected. Technology lets us Read More...

Filed under: innovation, adaptive, change, OODA loop

Vicarious reputation growing from a virtual economy for reputation system points?
17 February 07 01:03 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

It's an interesting idea that Josh Ledgard learned is being used in China, and blogged about here . I like that it tries to make the reputation system points more useful/valuable, and encourages people to ask questions they really want answered -- that Read More...

Filed under: complexity science, adaptive, change, decision making

The Best Payback in Technology History... Think you know what it is???
16 February 07 04:38 AM | john.mullinax | 4 Comments   

Hmmm.... How about a giant ERP system? :-) Nope. Internet Explorer? Windows Mobile? Getting closer, but those are only "honorable mention" in my book. If you're a company with a large investments in ERP and Line of Business (LOB) applications, my vote Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft, innovation, continuous learning, adaptive, lean manufacturing, change, secret sauce, decision making, business intelligence, learning

Why bother with lean? Because it Rocks!!
18 January 07 12:13 AM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

My last post left off with the following set of questions: Why bother with lean? Really, why would we want to imitate an old and slow industry like manufacturing? Especially given it's long and steady decline in the United States. With the acceleating Read More...

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