Enterra Insights

Month: November 2009

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Profits and Idealism

I have written a number of posts about social entrepreneurism (see, for example, The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist Philanthropy, and Global Social Entrepreneurs). Many of the people who have

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The Future of the Internet

The Internet has now been around for 40 years and a lot of people believe it needs a facelift. Some analysts are even questioning if the Internet can survive long enough to

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Hope for Kirkuk?

In several past posts, I have discussed the thorny situation surrounding Kirkuk and its environs. Kirkuk was primarily a Kurdish city until Saddam Hussein drove the Kurds out and moved Arabs in.

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Character and Cleanliness

The world spends billions of dollars annually to maintain armies and police forces whose primary purpose is to keep people’s bad behavior in check. Take, for example, the U.S. Navy which is

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Mobile Phones and Development

I have written a number of posts about how mobile phones have changed life in developing countries (see, for example, Mobile Phones in Africa and Relief, Development, and the Digital Divide). The

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In Praise of Optimism

In numerous posts about development and entrepreneurism, I have written about the optimistic nature of entrepreneurs. The Lebanese-born, American writer Khalil Gibran, once wrote: “The optimist sees the rose and not its

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Eating and the Environment

I thought that a good way to end the current series of posts about food security was to provide readers with some information about how their own eating habits could help in

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The Gherkin and the Olive Tree

This the fifth post in a series about food security. In the previous posts, I’ve noted that both international agricultural trade and local agricultural sectors will be necessary to feed the world

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