ZenPundit
CURRENTLY READING...Ok, just started the first chapter in each, so I have little to say - but here they are!
Wikinomics
Medici Effect
Wealth of NetworksThey have reinvigorated my interest in a currently moribund collaborative project with
Dr.Von (hmmm...his blog seems a touch moribund as well- political office must be eating up all his time LOL!) Perhaps, if I can get some serious momentum going on it this summer, he'll hop back on the bandwagon.
Labels: book, business, complex systems, complexity, consilience, creativity, economics, horizontal thinking, medici effect, networks, social networks, theory, wikinomics
DEANGELIS ON HBR "BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS 2007"Steve DeAngelis at
ERMB has two very meaty posts up "
HBR 2007 Breakthrough Ideas, Part 1" and "
HBR 2007 Breakthrough Ideas, Part 2" based on "
The HBR List:Breakthrough Ideas for 2007". Steve gives his insights, links and extensive excerpts on the breakthrough ideas which are:
1. Accidental Influentials2. Entrepreneurial Japan3.Brand Magic: Harry Potter Marketing.4.Algorithms in the Attic5.The Leader from Hope6.An Emerging Hotbed of User-Centered Innovation7.Living With Continuous Partial Attention8.Borrowing from the PE Playbook9.When To Sleep On It10. Here Comes XBRL11. Innovation and Growth: Size Matters12. Conflicted Consumers13. What Sells When Father Knows Best14. Business in the Nanocosm15. Act Globally, Think Locally16. Seeing is Treating17. The Best Networks Are Really Worknets18. Why U.S. Healthcare Costs Aren't Too High19. In Defense of "Ready, Fire, Aim20. The Folly of AccountabalismAn impressive density of concepts and commentary in just a couple of medium size posts.
Labels: 2007, business, deangelis, ermb, harvard, ideas, networks, open-source