I
had the great privilege of participating in an Innovation panel at
Sensors Expo in Chicago on June 11, 2008. The panel of experts included
Audley Brown, director of advanced propulsion system controls for GM’s
PowerTrain group, Dr. Nat Sims from Mass General, who runs SimsLab for
anesthesia and critical care, Jon Frederickson from Innocentive who
recruits “seeker” organizations to engage i ...
By Matthew Lees, VP and Consultant, Patricia Seybold Group
While the term “Enterprise 2.0” looks like what the rebuilt Star Trek
space ship might be called, it’s also the name of this week’s
just-concluded conference in Boston on the sociological, operational,
and technological changes in the way people are working and companies
are conducting business.
During our
Visionaries meeting, which was held in Atlanta in mid-April, we had the
opportunity to tour CNN and to meet with Tyson Wheatley, one of the
founding editors of CNN’s I-Report initiative. This is the section of
CNN’s Web site (www.ireport.com)
where anyone over the age of 13 can upload their own photos, videos,
audios, and/or text submissions as long as that content complies with
...
For many
years, I’ve been aware of the value locked up in the design patterns
that have emerged as business and consumer customers have co-designed
their ideal approaches to everything from how they’d like to invest for
retirement, to how they’d like software to install, to how they’d like
to make a purchasing decision in our Customer Scenario mapping
sessions. We published our first Custome ...
47 days ago
At Airbus, documentation (100 separate manuals) for the
380 is handled by 1,000 people around the world, each one working on
different subsystems. This information is delivered in applications and
formats that are appropriate to the jobs of the target audiences
(pilots, mechanics, flight engineers, baggage handlers, etc.).
What can we learn from the best practices that Axel Sellme ...