Five Classics To Enjoy This Summer

Thinking in New Ways

Hopefully, you will have some time to abandon work for awhile this summer, get away and get some well-earned rest. When I get the chance to do that, I usually bring with me a few good books, to fill the time on a slow-moving summer day. And while I am always open to a...

Beyond Crowdsourcing (Part 2)

Keeping Up with the Trends

By Angela Brennan Are companies using crowdsourcing to make money? Yes, and it’s a fascinating story. Companies that our fathers worked at (that we envision being like those on “Mad Men”) functioned like vaults and protected their information,...

Beyond Crowdsourcing (Part 1)

Keeping Up with the Trends

By Angela Brennan What does “crowdsourcing” really mean, what has it led to, and where is it going? Let’s start with Wikipedia’s (perhaps the ultimate crowdsource example) view: Crowdsourcing has been defined as the practice of obtaining needed...

Too Good To Be True?

Thinking in New Ways

Late last year, I wrote about the coming “revolution” being created by the ambitious use of sensors. My comments came in response to an article I read about how GE was in the process of “putting sensors on everything”, generating a new...