May
31
Applying Innovation Thinking To Affordability Versus Sustainability Part 2
I recently wrote a thought piece “Affordability versus Sustainability – a cause to …
Foresight
May
26
Affordability Versus Sustainability – A Cause To Be Addressed
The concept of sustainability is still being pushed out in the future for many of us…
Apr
5
Defining Innovation Capital
My definition of what makes up innovation capital is as follows: “Innovation capi…
Jun
30
Pathways to uptake
Authors: Jonty Slater and Deirdre Sheridan – Blue Globe Innovation, Louis Potter and…
Mar
16
The art of “Back Casting” needs care
Backcasting is a planning method that starts with defining a desirable future and th…
Mar
10
Regulation of payment in the news media – fixing the negative externalities of disruptive innovation
Technology routinely outstrips society’s ability to deal with it. That’s partly beca…
Feb
3
It’s Not About The Money
It really is astonishing how we allow economic factors to override and dictate most …
Dec
10
Automation on speed
“Our world has changed. Our challenges are greater. Our fragilities have been expose…
Dec
8
Summits or Circuses?
Conferences, summits, seminars, conventions, international forums and more lately we…
Dec
3
When life gives you crap, grow flowers
Back in 1979, the idea of not using phosphates in washing powder seemed pretty banan…
Nov
26
What can Artificial Intelligence technology do and what to be mindful of?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has slowly begun to affect people’s lives by facilitati…
Nov
11
From charisma to consensus
One of the most fascinating things about the ten year quest that eventually resulted…
Oct
7
Smokescreen
As conspiracy theories circulate, churning around every conceivable deceit — from th…
Sep
24
The swimmer, the fisherman, and the deep-sea diver
Knowledge is the condition of understanding something which is personally meaningful…
Sep
16
Naturally speaking
In natural systems, physical matter flows in cycles. Nutrients from one form of life…
Sep
3
What if climate change leaders behaved like dentists?
Could it be possible that the solution to getting rid of dental cavities, COVID-19 a…
Sep
2
Fear of the light
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is…
Aug
27
The city of tomorrow, from dream to reality
What do people dream of today? The philosopher Walter Benjamin used to say that a so…
Aug
12
The Imprint
As I was driving from my village into the city this morning, a trip of around 85 kil…
Aug
11
Towards meta intelligence
I am a fan of both Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. They are both original thinker…