John Hagel on positional advantage in the postnormal
In the most recent piece, John has taken on the task of rethinking strategy in light of the postnormal realities. John makes the case that we are in…
Brandon Klein
Feb 24, 2014
Designing Collective Behavior in a Termite-Inspired Robot Construction Team
Complex systems are characterized by many independent components whose low-level actions produce collective high-level results. Predicting high-level…
Brandon Klein
Feb 24, 2014
Is Your Innovation Problem Really a Strategy Problem? - Tim Kastelle - Harvard Business Review
Top-down strategy is dangerous. When one group creates the strategy and expect another bunch to implement it, the result will be an air sandwich. The…
Brandon Klein
Feb 12, 2014
What Is Design? Unlocking The Genius Within - Forbes
Todd Johnston was a designer before designing was cool. For decades, he and his colleagues have practiced design to accelerate innovation for…
Brandon Klein
Feb 11, 2014
The Creativity Crisis
Creativity has always been prized in American society, but it’s never really been understood. While our creativity scores decline unchecked, the…
Brandon Klein
Feb 03, 2014
How collaboration technologies are improving process, workforce and business performance | Accenture Outlook
Companies need their critical workforces to perform smarter, faster and more productively. Achieving that goal requires embedding collaborative…
Brandon Klein
Feb 03, 2014
The Economist Insights – Expert Analysis and Events | The work experience
Digital technology has revolutionised the experience of work, allowing employees to work at any time, in any place. But while the technologies that…
Brandon Klein
Jan 31, 2014
The Real Importance of Networks: Understanding Power
For example, imagine you are teamed up with two other people — Alice and Bob — and are asked to grow and cook your own food. Only Alice knows…
Brandon Klein
Jan 20, 2014
Combining Fibonacci and Degreed to Help Students “Size” Their Learning | Kevin W. Raney
Every learning path is a project and at the beginning of every project, the team or in this case student, plans out how much effort will be required…
Brandon Klein
Jan 20, 2014
Designing for Serendipity
(a) Listen to people outside your cosy circle, starting with customers
Brandon Klein
Jan 20, 2014