The first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence may well be the most powerful ever written.
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. (more…)
Great post by Lars Rasmussen of Google on the initial failure of Wave beta and lessons learned. But there is one overwhelming lesson for innovators in the Wave introduction that is often missed in all of the hype. It’s a lesson about how arrogance still gets in the way of innovation.
My good friend Sunil Malhotra recently posted a great blog entry on the up and fast rising notion of Jugaad - which he calls “the most fashionable innovation thread about India these days.”
jugaad in action
I wonder, is Jugaad the Indian equivalant of Macgiver, the American spy who could build a solution to anything out of buble gum and string?
Most of MacGyver’s ideas were great. It’s just that …
I’ve just recorded the audio version of my latest e-book Living In The Cloud. (If you already downloaded earlier this is version 2. Fixed a few audio glitches.)
Download for your iPod, iPhone,iPad, Zune, or Laptop (for the nostalgic among you who still use a laptop…)
Peter Drucker used to say to me “I’m not a Consultant. I am am Insultant!” Only Drucker could get away with that line and get a laugh to boot.
After all these years, I’m finally starting to understand what he meant.
I’ve been lucky enough to be a consultant to hundreds of organizations in my 20 year career with Delphi. To this day what I find especial fascinating is that within the first 5-10 minutes of a being part of a client company meeting I can tell with 99.9% certainty what kind of culture and values exist in the company. It’s almost like running a patient through a CAT scanner to see what’s going on below the surface.
I love introducing my kids to new technology. On weekends if I want to get my son or daughter to go for a ride there’s only two options they’ll even consider, Laser Tag or the Apple Store.
So, it is with some dismay, and the yearning for a more youthful set of eyes, that I have to tell you what my daughter said when I announced I was getting an iPad.
Download my latest e-book, “Living in The Cloud“. It’s a short but insightful read on how The Cloud will change every aspect of our lives, from how we work to how play. - tk
If you are wondering what role The Cloud will play in your future here are some quick insights from a recent Q&A I did with a large corporate involved in Cloud-based activities.
Also download my latest e-book “Living in The Cloud” from the Delphi website:
Q. What are some key enablers that enterprise technology professionals can use to drive innovation and what role will cloud services play?
A. I think that IT professionals are too often stuck in the past when it comes to realizing just how much they can bring to the table to drive innovation. I grew up in IT and while it was a fund time to be a technologist it was also a time when there were steep walls between technology and business. You know, when I founded Delphi Group two decades ago it was actually a novel concept to talk about bridging IT and business! Today those walls need to come down - and they have in many case, but not enough. (more…)
“All it takes are the policies to tap that potential — to ignite that spark of creativity and ingenuity — which has always been at the heart of who we are and how we succeed.”
(Who said this? - find out by reading the posting below…)
I feel at home in Europe, having grown up a citizen of cultures spanning the Atlantic. I’m what’s often called a Third Culture Kid.
So it was with great enthusiasm that I recently spent a week in Brussels at the invitation of my friend Attila Toth and the European Business Network to meet with members of the European Parliament and a vast network of businesses . Although I spent a fair amount of my early childhood in Europe and have traveled there countless times as an adult, this trip left me with an entirely new set of insights into Europe, its challenges and opportunities for the coming decades. (more…)
The first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence may well be the most powerful ever written.
