My Media Intake (End of 2012)

Some people have asked what magazines I read or what podcasts I listen to. I intend to write this post every year so that I can track how my interests change over the years. The list below is my full media "intake". If something does not show up in any of these channels, then the … Continue reading My Media Intake (End of 2012) →

Learning Business Models

Any real innovation in Learning & Development will necessarily change the prevailing business model. Changing business models is hard. This is one of the reasons why many innovations don't take hold. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoAOzMTLP5s] Only by making current and potential business models more explicit will it be possible fundamentally change the way learning operates in an organisation. Willem … Continue reading Learning Business Models →

The Future of Work and the Free Radical

The following introduction sketches the problem that this panel tried to address: How we work is changing. But where we work isn’t. Over the last ten years a new way of working has emerged, along with some people who live it every day. They’re available 24/7. They network endlessly, and then plug their skills into … Continue reading The Future of Work and the Free Radical →

Get Lucky: Create Serendipity to Spur Innovation

This was a big panel (five people from IBM, Deloitte Center for the Edge, Dell and the Community Roundtable) talking about serendipity. The word serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole who formed it from the Persian fairy tale The three princes of Serendip. The session was introduced as follows: Call it chance, luck, or juju, … Continue reading Get Lucky: Create Serendipity to Spur Innovation →

Future15 at SxSW

One format at SxSW is called "Future15". These are five solo presentations of 15 minutes each. I attended one of these sessions. Demystifying Design: Fewer Secrets, Greater Impact Jeff Gothelf is a lean UX advocate with a book that will hit the stores soon. He describes what the design process looks like for people outside … Continue reading Future15 at SxSW →