by Tom | Aug 13, 2009 | Reading
Actually robots. (Obligatory NTNOCN reference). I particularly liked the football playing clones which look slightly embarrassed.
by Tom | Aug 13, 2009 | Business
The authors think so, and I can see their argument that larger organisations provide space for individuals to leverage up their skill set and activities through direct interaction with their colleagues. However, it is not clear to me that the current structure and...
by Tom | Aug 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting chart from Jerry Fishenden suggesting that productivity has not improved in the public sector despite the vast investment in ICT (and in the public sector overall). The interesting question: how to invest for efficiency? [Update: John Suffolk, government...
by Tom | Aug 12, 2009 | Reading
Lots of interesting thinking about the hyper-local community and how it might pan out. How would we do one in Hillrise, for example?Funding the model.Why send students away when they can get world-class education on line?
by Tom | Aug 12, 2009 | Business
An oldish article that looks to see whether a social entrepreneur is a defined category and says yes. I wonder whether there is much difference if you just remove the word social: would the characteristics be true of an entrepreneur in a non-social enterprise?
