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News Article: Eight (No, Nine!) Problems With Big Data – NYTimes.com
Great synthesis of the issues with Big Data, both actual, and perceptual. Eight (No, Nine!) Problems With Big Data – NYTimes.com.
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News Article: Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems | MIT Technology Review
Very cool article on the issues with solving complex problem, and how our one size (technology) fits all isn’t necessarily the answer. To me, this is where Design Thinking comes in… to creatively think about all the facets of a problem and approaches. You need to have multi-disciplinary teams to help determine best approaches. Why…
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2014-04: The [insert name of well known disruptor] of [insert industry or vertical]
I guess this can go under the more things change, the more they are the same… In the late days of the first wave of internet start ups there was a proliferation of companies whose tag line became the above. In short the X of Y. These companies were often ridiculed as they were simply…
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2014-01: There are bold moves, and there are strategic moves
I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague of mine about how we would think about the various directions that a particular project could go. The conversation stemmed from a rather brutal conversation with a senior leader of our organization. We discussed with him and other leaders a project that we had been working…
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2013, the Year in review
Following on what I posted for 2012… below is my year in review for 2013… I’ll use the same format, the good, the bad, and the verdict (no ugly here). The Good I love Boston! We had a massive set back in 2013 with the Marathon bombings, but it has given me greater resolve that…