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Category Archives: Innovation
My Life as a Lean Start-Up
My friend and colleague Joe Lee turned me onto the Lean Startup methodology / movement as a formula for product innovation. Eric Reis, Lean Startup ideator, is persistent in telling his readers that a product can can anything – it … Continue reading
The Power of Writing in Organizations
I just read this great interview/article by Anne-Laure Fayard, an assistant professor of management at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and a student of the interactions between people and technology in organizations. (From the WhatIf?! blog). Fayard studies … Continue reading
The New Wave of Corp-Public-Socio Innovation
I just read the New Corporate Garage in this month’s HBR. Here’s a summary / excerpt and I recommend that anyone interested in social innovation and the changing face of CSR take note. It’s a great and exciting read. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Social Responsibility, Uncategorized
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An Awe-Inspiring Branding Experience – Rainbow Warrior
I just read this great article from Creative Review about how nonprofits are re-imagining their branding – taking cues from their corporate counterparts. The article highlights an awesome campaign by Greenpeace to raise funds for their iconic ship, the Rainbow … Continue reading
New Discovery… Google Public Data!
I am writing an article on Myanmar and how social enterprise can *hopefully* ease some of the socio-political growing pains the country is going to go through as its borders open up to foreign investment. I found this awesome tool … Continue reading
Posted in Infographics, Innovation, Social Enterprise, Technology
Tagged google data, myanmar, public data, World Bank
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Untangling data, untangling complexity
“The internet is the nervous system for an organism that is in the process of being born,” says John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in talking about “vibrant data.” I was introduced to Intel’s Vibrant Data project … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Design, Law, Technology
Tagged policy, intel, vibrant data, crowdmap, complexity, data
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Big Data – A new human centric design tool?
I love the UN Global Pulse. In a recent report “Big Data for Development,” the organization chronicles how Big Data—call logs, mobile-banking transactions, online user-generated content such as blog posts and Tweets, online searches, satellite images, etc.— can be turned into actionable information. … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Infographics, Innovation, Policy, Technology
Tagged big data, global pulse, human centric design, policy design, visualizations
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How Africa Tweets
This is a really fascinating data visualization from the Guardian’s Data Blog. (Thanks to UN Global Pulse for tweeting this). I would love to know if there are correlations between twitter + social media usage and political activity.
Posted in Design, Innovation, Social Media, Technology
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Responsibility, Creation, and Play with Perspective
Is it acceptable for things be beautiful for the sake of beauty alone? Or must we account for the system we reside in during all acts of creation? This is an ongoing conversation I have been having with my friend … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Social Media, Social Responsibility
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