The Myth of Water Cooler Innovation: Time to Reinvent Work A September 2021 New York Times article, When Chance Encounters at the Water Cooler Are Most Useful, documents the myth of the water cooler conversation as a driver of innovation. What is true about water cooler conversations is that they help establish new relationships or reinforce existing ones. These … [Read more...] about The Myth of Water Cooler Innovation: Time to Reinvent Work
Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Review: Outstanding Sound and Great Battery Life Outshine a Practical Design
Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Review I have challenged the need for expensive personal Bluetooth® speakers. The usually monaural world of Bluetooth speakers, at least to me, doesn’t justify hundreds of dollars for a speaker. A television soundbar that doubles as a Bluetooth speaker is a different device entirely, but this isn’t a review about Bluetooth speakers. This … [Read more...] about Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Review: Outstanding Sound and Great Battery Life Outshine a Practical Design
Arguing for VUCA as the Standard Shorthand for Characterizing the Future
VUCA is an acronym for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. It's a phrase intended to place a conceptual wrapper around all the things facing us. It does an adequate job of serving that purpose. There are, however, moves to improve this forward-looking term. I think those efforts insert unnecessary complexity to futures thinking that should be better spent … [Read more...] about Arguing for VUCA as the Standard Shorthand for Characterizing the Future
Ten Questions Every Business Will Be Asking About Generative AI Next Year
Ten Questions Every Business Will Be Asking About Generative AI Next Year Which generative AI system is worth paying for and how are they different? Bing, ChatGPT, Bard—big company generative AI—are to some degree, mostly free. Some are related, and some are competitive—for a concept this big and techniques this opaque, comparisons will be difficult. Unlike … [Read more...] about Ten Questions Every Business Will Be Asking About Generative AI Next Year
Seagate Ultra Touch HDD (2TB) Review: Drive Packaging that Sets an Ecological Standard on this Earth Day and Every Day
Seagate Ultra Touch HDD Review The Seagate Ultra Touch HDD is a fine 7200 RPM disk drive. It isn’t the fastest or the lightest, or the most compact, but it is the most ecologically friendly drive I have seen. It’s hard to see the 30% post-consumer recycled materials by weight, but they are there, and that makes for a much more Earth-conscience feel when buying the … [Read more...] about Seagate Ultra Touch HDD (2TB) Review: Drive Packaging that Sets an Ecological Standard on this Earth Day and Every Day