I was asked my take on Joel G. Goodman’s October 13, 2010 post My Take On The State of Higher Education Web at A not-so commonplace book. [Note that the post and the site that generated this post no longer exist, but Joel does.] First of all, I agree with Joel that educational institutions often think they are more progressive than they are. I also think that what is … [Read more...] about My Take on Joel’s G. Goodman’s Take the Higher Education Web
Strategy
Information and War
More on this later. 8:22 PM | Add a comment | Permalink | Blog it Reposted from Future of Work, October 27, 2006 – with slightly improved grammar and word choice… Information and the End of War This will be the first of what will likely be many ruminations of why conventional war is no longer an option in the information age. The primary premise of this exploration will … [Read more...] about Information and War
Human Capital and Other Investments
September 25 Future of Work Blog repost from 9/25/2006 The new O'Toole and Lawler book, The New American Workplace, points out clearly that too many organizations treat people as an expense. We spend too much time looking through the lens of the industrial age and believe at the deepest level reducing the expenses associated with people and replacing them with automation will … [Read more...] about Human Capital and Other Investments
Science, Uncertainty and Being Right
The October 2010 Scientific American reports on an exclusive poll about trust in science. For the most part, people trust scientists, but not at the highest level, especially when it comes to things that non-scientists have personal experience with. At the low end of the trust rung were food safety, vitamins and supplements, genetically modified crops, pesticides, … [Read more...] about Science, Uncertainty and Being Right
First Pass: What’s Wrong with the Grand Challenges for Engineering
At the risk of committing more overthinking of the Grand Challenges for Engineering, I want to take a first pass at discussing what I think is wrong with them in a very specific way, and honing the list into something more grand. Here is the current list: Make solar energy economical Provide energy from fusion Develop carbon sequestration methods Manage the nitrogen … [Read more...] about First Pass: What’s Wrong with the Grand Challenges for Engineering
