Category: Innovation

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. 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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Real Innovation versus Continuous Improvement

“Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization’s health,” writes Ron Ashkenas, a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting. [“It’s Time to Rethink Continuous Improvement,”

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Computers Get Creative, Part 2

In Part 1 of this two-part series, I began the discussion about whether creative computers can be labeled intelligent. I drew primarily from two articles. The first was written by Marcus du

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Computers Get Creative, Part 1

“No computer can yet pass the ‘Turing test’ and be taken as human,” writes Marcus du Sautoy, Simonyi professor for the public understanding of science and a professor of mathematics at the

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China and Innovation

Over the past couple of years a number of articles about innovation in China have been written. The reason for this interest might be the fact that “between 2006 and 2009, the

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Innovations in Trucking

In several past posts, I have discussed products and designs related to the trucking industry that are aimed at reducing fuel costs and increasing efficiency (see, for example, Reducing the Operating Costs

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Innovators of the Future

I don’t believe that any particular group of people or type of person has a stranglehold on innovation. Innovators can come from all races, genders, religions, countries, economic circumstances, and cultures. Even

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Teaching Innovation

“Academics don’t necessarily agree on what innovation is,” writes Melissa Korn, “but that hasn’t stopped them from trying to teach it.” [“B-Schools’ Innovation Rush,” Wall Street Journal, 22 May 2012] Some pundits

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