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People and Permission to Change are the foundation of great things

October 25th, 2007 No Comments

I have just started reading “the myhts of innovation” by Scott Berkum and Ron Bieber has just posted a great post titled “Agile, Lean, or Common Sense and Permission To Change?”. I have spent a fair amount of time talking with Ron and others about change.
I find Ron’s point interesting:
What Semler’s story shows me […]

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New Theme

June 21st, 2007 1 Comment

Well as you can see I have changed my theme. I was getting a bit tired of the old theme. It was a good theme it’s just time to part ways. I am now using Cutline from Personified. I haven’t seen it in on many sites and I thought it looked […]

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Lawrence Lessig pursues Root Cause and Growth

June 20th, 2007 No Comments

Lawrence Lessig wrote yesterday that he is shifting his academic and activist focus from IP to legislative corruption. With his efforts over the past 10 years largely thwarted by the corruption of the legislative process. I believe that Mr. Lessig has been extremely effective in explaining the impacts and the value of a more open […]

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The change in corporate technology ecosystems

June 20th, 2006 No Comments

I again was listening to the Grand Central Gang from the Gillmor gang. My only comment on the whole podcast is simply the choice in changing software platforms is not solely based on the technology. In my experience significant change in corporate technology ecosystems is heavily influenced by its IRR and if it is […]

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Change

March 1st, 2006 No Comments

The law of unintended consequences
Serendipity
Murphy’s Law
Perverse effect
I’ve seen enough of Murphy’s law and perverse effect.
Come on Serendipity.

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