Take Me to Your LeaderAn essential vocabulary for working with robots
Tue, 03/24/2015 - 00:00
Smart as they are, I doubt robots worry about things that keep CEOs up at night. But then, robots don’t “stay up at night,” unless they’re running continuously. Insomnia is just another cultural difference between us humans and our new co-workers,… Brave New WorkplacePart hype, part uncertainty, definitely disruptive
Mon, 02/23/2015 - 09:03
Lately the momentum to outdistance a nagging sense of being left behind has accelerated for businesses. So many predictions about the digital workplace come tinged with a sense of urgency that it’s hard not to feel chivvied by time and circumstance… Hello, Goodbye, and Mining for Green GoldRethinking our love ’em and leave ’em attitude toward cell phones
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 10:42
Ah, the ubiquitous cell phone. So versatile. So indispensable. So short-lived. We make one billion of them every year because we can’t live without them, yet we cast them aside every 18 months on average. They collect in heaps and shipping… Now Leaving DullsvilleCandy-apple optimism returns to auto paint, a sign of better times?
Wed, 12/03/2014 - 16:14
Drivers, choose boldly! It’s time to break the monopoly of black and white vehicles. The monotonous years of colorless commuting, a sad and safe reflection of the moribund recession, are ending. If you’re planning on buying a car to celebrate the… A Galileo for Our TimeNever mind the parachute. What color is your organization?
Tue, 10/21/2014 - 16:40
Not every idea threatens change to the status quo, but those that do are met with a fairly predictable response: attention, which can diverge into derision or fascination; resistance; and sometimes, acceptance. I just finished reading a book that’s… The Murky, Productive World of ‘Coopetition’What happens when competition and cooperation join forces?
Wed, 07/09/2014 - 10:26
Once upon a time, about 70 years ago, entrepreneurs rolled up their sleeves, looked around, and said, “Right. World War II is over. Antitrust laws have our backs. Let’s get out there and make some money.” And like homesteaders at the Oklahoma Land… Rounding Up the NumbersMetrology is more than the sum of its elements
Tue, 05/20/2014 - 10:13
“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.”—Galileo Galilei
It’s all well and good to say that metrology “includes all theoretical and practical aspects of measurement,” but that doesn’t adequately express its gestalt, which I… Coaching by the Numbers A look at quality control inside the NFL
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 11:23
Football is one of life’s mysteries for me. Despite a lifetime of passing television screens where blockish humanoids coalesce and separate against a green background, I can’t get past my shallow impression of huddle and muddle.
However, this has… Fun With UraniumCan innovation and caution coexist?
Wed, 03/12/2014 - 11:44
Friday afternoons were reserved for educational films back when I was in grade school. We’d sit on the floor in a darkened room, facing a pull-down screen, and listen to the teacher fumbling behind us at the projector. The flapping celluloid sound… Rip RapHow the packaging Grinch will steal your Christmas fun
Thu, 12/05/2013 - 17:16
It’s not just the looming, package-filled holidays that prompt this rant, but it looks like we’re in for another year of over-packaged consumer goods spreading fear and frustration along with the seasonal goodwill.
That’s too bad, because this is…
