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.

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Ubiquitous Sensors and the Evernet

Talk about big brother watching you — Michael Peck reports how “someday the paint on your wall may spy on you.” [“Sensors in Your Paint?” Defense News, 19 March 2007]. Peck’s article

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Incompetence to the Maxx

Last week the parent company of TJ Maxx (TJX) reported the theft of nearly 46 million credit and debit card numbers from customers in the United States, Britain and Canada. This didn’t

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Service as Science

In hard science fields like math and physics, snickers are often heard whenever political “science” or social “science” are mentioned. Those softer sciences are about to be joined by a new discipline

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The Coming Pandemic?

One cannot seriously consider the future without examining how resilient the economy would be if a pandemic were to sweep around the globe. We are all aware of the millions who died

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Financing the Poor

As an entrepreneur, I understand the importance of funding and know how difficult it is to obtain. When I look for funding, I’m generally looking for millions of dollars whereas the poor

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Faux Artificial Intelligence

Occasionally I have written about how people are developing new ways to tap the power of the Web. For example, last November I noted that Web developers are drafting non-blind Web surfers

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Something Wiki This Way Comes

BusinessWeek Online recently published a special issue on wikis in the workplace [“CEO Guide to Technology“] It offers a simple definition of what wikis are: “Wikis are Web-based tools that make it

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Groupthink: Good or Bad?

Most creativity gurus harangue about the dangers of “groupthink.” They go to great lengths to develop and teach techniques that prevent groupthink from becoming the norm in an organization. The term “groupthink”

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Managing Watch Lists

Anyone who travels probably has a nagging fear (even if it resides in the back of their mind) that their name will mistakenly get placed on a terrorist watch list. It seems

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