Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
Wouldn't be a weekly update with something on strategy ... Successful business strategy lies not in having all the right answers, but rather in asking the right questions, says Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons. In an excerpt from his new book, Seven Strategy Questions, Simons explains how posing these questions can help managers make smart choices.
On Netflix: Occupied Is the New Homeland - Vogue
So you have finished watching Season 5 of Homeland, and looking for something good, can I recommend: In a not-so-distant future, Norway has elected a radical branch of the Green Party, and its charismatic new prime minister shuts down the country’s supply of oil and gas to continental Europe. Despite an impending climate crisis, the EU is none too pleased with this overnight weaning from petrol, and invites Russia to offer Norway “technical assistance” in restoring its fossil fuel production. Russian gunships descend on Norway’s oil platforms. America, having withdrawn from NATO, is nowhere to be found. And so begins a slow, doublespeak-laden, Putin-style escalation into occupation.
The real reason this elephant chart is terrifying ...
81% of jobs as we understand them could be under threat from technology within 20 years (acknowledging there are differences of opinion on this) .. But what could this mean, and give that we consistently we undercook the rate of change ....
Spatial Economics: The Declining Cost of Distance | Bain & Company, Inc
For centuries, the cost of distance has determined where businesses produce and sell, where employers locate jobs and where families choose to live, work, shop and play. What if this cost fell dramatically, thanks to new technologies
Quantum computing: the ultimate disruptor
Continuing the disruptive theme, quantum computing could bring about even more dramatic change ...
Like. Flirt. Ghost: A Journey Into the Social Media Lives of Teens
For teenagers these days, social media is real life, with its own arcane rules and etiquette. Writer Mary H. K. Choi embedded with five high schoolers to chronicle their digital experiences. There’s twin sisters Lara and Sofia in Atherton, California; Ahmad in New Haven, Connecticut; Mira in San Francisco; and Ubakum in Houston. As with most teens, they’re elusive creatures. But when Choi asked them targeted questions, they were able to deconstruct their own behavior in exhaustive detail
Cloud chronicles | The Economist
How open-source software and cloud computing have set up the IT industry for a once-in-a-generation battle ...
Speech Is 3x Faster than Typing for English and Mandarin Text Entry on Mobile Devices
Command by voice is now everywhere, and surprisingly accurate, be it your car or using Siri. This article prompted by to try Dragon Dicate for iPhone or iPad - it work surprisingly well. This then prompted me to look at voice dictation for Windows. With dramatic increases in processing power, results are pretty good out of the box, enough from me .....