Enterra Insights

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.

Categories

Changing Supply Lines

Globalization is all about the movement and flow of resources, capital, people, ideas and so forth. Rising fuel prices, however, are changing the routes some of those flows are following [“Shipping Costs

Read More »

The Fear of Nuclear Proliferation

One widely broadcast political advertisement being used by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asserts that nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists is the most serious security threat facing the United

Read More »

Another Search Engine Revs Up

Every six months or so it seems that a company introduces a new search engine in hopes of competing with Google and other big search engine sites [see my posts Globalization’s Competitive

Read More »

African Women’s Movement

When Zimbabwe finds itself in the news, the story is generally about Robert Mugabe, the dictator who has sunk one of Africa’s potentially prosperous nations to the bottom of the economic heap.

Read More »

Global Anti-Smoking Effort Launched

In 1947, singer/songwriter Merle Travis wrote the song “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!” for the famous country-western songwriter and entertainer Sollie “Tex” Williams. The song was a million seller. The chorus of that song

Read More »

Looking Beyond Oil

For decades one of the critiques of Saudi leaders has been that they were not investing in their country for the day that oil runs out. The inevitable result of such shortsightedness

Read More »

Participatory Innovation

I have written a number of posts about innovation. Some of them have focused on the benefits of cross sector innovation, what Frans Johansson calls the “Medici Effect.”  Others have discussed organizations

Read More »

The Collapse of the Doha Round

Today’s papers are carrying stories about what appears to be the final collapse of the so-called Doha Round of trade negotiations [“Trade Talks Crumble in Feud Over Farm Aid,” by Anthony Faiola

Read More »
Full Logo

Thanks!

One of our team members will reach out shortly and we will help make your business brilliant!