It was disappointing to miss the Dublin Web Summit during the week and to gauge the sentiment among local tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists (VCs). However, I was doing something much more hands-on at San Francisco University’s Silicon Valley Immersion as part of DIT’s MBA Program. During the course, Prof. Mark Cannice spoke of two [...]
10.31.10 | Entrepreneurship, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Keeping advertising and social media in separate silos diminishes the power of both, according to Darren McGrath. They stay separate because it is easier for many people to understand them, but advertising and social media are connected because they influence how people feel, and emotions are a powerful influence. This separate can cause companies to [...]
10.20.10 | Media, Technology | John P. Muldoon
A great TED talk below (17 minutes or so) from Steven Johnson on how great ideas come about. Johnson argues that there is no eureka! moment and that “chance favors the connected mind.” Sometimes ideas linger on in people’s heads for years before they are fully formed. Another point he makes is that ideas usually [...]
10.18.10 | Innovation, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
There’s a conversation going on out there, but we’re not in it. The complaint was made by an arm of the Irish government press office. And regardless of what you may think of their plight, the central point is worth remembering: The social web is a big place and stuff is being said. Oscar Wilde, [...]
10.16.10 | Innovation, Management, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Don’t piss off an inventive customer. It could cost you dearly, said Larry Taylor, head of online marketing at BT. United Airlines found out the hard way in July 2009 when they mishandled the guitars of Dave Carroll’s group, Sons of Maxwell. After an unsatisfactory response all around, they penned a comical-critical song and posted [...]
10.14.10 | Fun stuff, Social Media | John P. Muldoon
The new worry in the digital age is not loss of privacy. It is that our devices will turn in to “terrible, terrible digital gossips” and tell everyone what pathetic, nerdy lives we live, according to Genevieve Bell. A senior anthropologist with Intel research, Bell also asked us to imagine a TV remote activated by [...]
10.12.10 | Innovation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Another great RSA Animate video: Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson. He has also published a book of the same name.
10.11.10 | Fun stuff, Innovation | John P. Muldoon
There is the old joke that asks: What is the great thing about standards? There are plenty to choose from. With IT frameworks like COBIT, ITIL, CMMI and SPICE around, it may seem that adding another another brings them perilously close to the territory of a standard. But with Fortune 500 companies and academics at [...]
10.7.10 | Innovation, Management, Technology | John P. Muldoon
They have become the subject of case studies, rescued companies, left the competition in their dust and turned organizations on their heads. They are innovators who have become the stuff of legend. Reading a classic Harvard Business Review article during the week, I found myself again wondering at the mechanics of these changes. The paper, [...]
10.1.10 | Innovation, Management, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
