Search results for “paradigm”
Arcing abundance and the future of limits
What does the Singularity invite us to ignore?
Principles of economics; meaningful as ever
Timeless principles matter
I’ve been lucky and had good teachers. The best encouraged my natural interests. One of these passions, probably inspired by countless fantasy novels growing up, is the timeless and often ancient principles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy …
Things as they are (rather than what we wish they were).
Retro post: Revised based on “Look!” from November 30, 2004.
John Oliver (past President of DowElanco Canada Inc., a joint venture between Dow Chemical and Eli Lillys), once told me what he looks at when considering novel products. …
You&Co: Foundation Series
I’d like to start working through some parallels between entrepreneurs and corporate/bureaucratic types.
Before extending the role of any aspiring corporate player, there’s something to be said about the foundation that it’s built on — a common paradigm needs to …
Three ingredients for change: talkers, wallflowers, and movers
I love conferences.
There’s no better example of how dedicated we are to ignoring everyone else. Conferences are even better than meetings because we actually pay to be there. We pay for speakers to come just so we can ignore …
The best sort of blue
The good part of Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.
The best part of the book is their Strategy Canvas. That paradigm alone is worth the …
Entrepreneurial “how to”
One of my clients helps people make career decisions and he’s great at it. He’s also a great entrepreneur. A few years ago he was a top 40 under 40 entrepreneur.
Two nights ago we were draining glasses in a …
Look!
A few days ago I met one of life’s undeclared mentors. One of those people that have seen so much, done so much, and achieved so much that nearly every idea is weighted with a multitude of applications.
One thing …
Madness & curiosity
In another article in the 2 September 2004 issue of Nature Gautam Desiraju describes the process through which he discovered the birth of crystal engineering which today is one of the principle challenges of modern chemistry. His story is one …