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The Art of Complex Problem Solving

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:13:54 GMT

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Clip Source: www.idiagram.com

Tags: creativity

Twitter is Not a Conversational Platform

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:19:08 GMT

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Clip Source: radar.oreilly.com

So while an individual user may use Twitter primarily as a conversational tool or a broadcast medium, in its totality, Twitter operates a lot like a wiki: as a knowledge-sharing, co-creation platform that produces content and allows its consumption.

Tags: twitter, social media, social networking

Can science reinvent the economy?

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:31:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We have created a monster. Financial markets have grown so complex that neither intuition nor standard economic models can get to grips with them. So what's to be done to avoid a repeat of the financial disasters of the past couple of years?

In the following pages, Mark Buchanan looks at some of the creative ideas being explored to tame the markets, not just by economists, but by physicists, engineers, biologists and others. What does science have to say - and will anyone listen?

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

As we pick over the rubble of the world's markets, ideas from physics, engineering and biology could help to build new, more robust financial systems (Image: Julien Pacaud)

The madness of crowds

All speculative bubbles have one thing in common: a belief that a particular company or commodity will be worth more in the future than it is today. The objects of desire through the ages have been many and varied.

Tags: science, economy, economics, history

Can science reinvent the economy 7: Will it be enough?

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:26:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Poor accountability and lax regulation allow firms to go all out for profit at society's expense, and the nexus of lobbyists, regulators and party donors hinders rational policy-making.

The irony is that the most vociferous lobby - the one with the most damaging long-term effects on ordinary people - might be ordinary people themselves. It would have taken a brave politician in the US or UK, for example, to put the brakes on a housing market that for many people was fuelling a prolonged period of growing prosperity. In such circumstances we might have to accept that for all science can tell us, we are at the mercy of the markets - and that means ourselves.

Even if science could provide better predictions of the financial system, change can only be implemented through well-run policies (Image: CNP / Rex Features)

Tags: economics, economy

Brilliant Buildings: 136 Amazing Approaches to Architecture

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:45:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: awesome buildings!

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The consumer is boss

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:20:18 GMT

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Clip Source: money.cnn.com

VALUE, NOT PRICE

Particularly when innovating for lower-income markets, it is important to think about value, not price. Lower-income consumers are price sensitive, of course, but they will pay for products if they deliver a benefit they consider worth the money. By listening to women like Marta, P&G created a trusted brand and a profitable product. Marta positively purrs when she recalls how her nieces tell her, "Your clothes smell so good."

Tags: p&g, innovation

Learning from Tata's Nano

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:18:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.businessweek.com

How could Tata Motors make a car so inexpensively? It started by looking at everything from scratch, applying what some analysts have described as "Gandhian engineering" principles—deep frugality with a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom.

More fundamentally, the engineers worked to do more with less.