Going to St. Ives: Mankind’s Ability to Solve Problems
January 7, 2011
There is an old English rhyme that goes like this: As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives Each wife had seven sacks Each sack had
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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Dan Gilmore’s Top Ten Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time
January 5, 2011
In an interesting article on the Supply Chain Digest web site, editor-in-chief Dan Gilmore asks, “What are the most important supply chain innovations of all-time? Can they even be identified?” [“The Top
A Few More Thoughts on Innovation
December 10, 2010
In yesterday’s post entitled Time for Some Innovation, I discussed the importance of leadership and having a team committed to change when a company wants to be innovative. In this post, I
Time for Some Innovation
December 9, 2010
Edmund S. Phelps, 2006 Nobel laureate in Economics and the director of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University, decries the fact that “in established businesses, short-termism has become rampant.
Wall Street Journal Announces 2010 Technology Award Winners
November 15, 2010
For the tenth straight year, the Wall Street Journal has empanelled a group of experts to judge the latest technologies. The three criteria for making awards are: —Does the innovation break with
Has Supply Chain Innovation Stagnated?
November 8, 2010
Supply chain analyst Lora Cecere reports that over the past year supply chain executives have indicated to her that the importance of supply chains is increasing but that spending on improving supply
Hard Times for Inventors
November 1, 2010
According to the Wall Street Journal, inventors are having a difficult time getting their inventions to market [“Slim Odds for Inventors,” by Sarah E. Needleman, 6 October 2010]. Needleman begins her article
James Dyson’s 2010 Short-List of Contestant Designs
October 5, 2010
Each year James Dyson, the English inventor and designer known best for his line of vacuum cleaners, sponsors a contest for young designers. Contestants this year were simply asked to design something
An Update on Jugaad
September 15, 2010
“Jugaad” (pronounced jewgard) is an Indian term used to describe a unique innovation process. Literally, “jugaad” means ” somehow get it done.” In the U.S., we might use the term “jury-rigged” in
Change and Innovation
August 23, 2010
In 1927, Werner Heisenberg published his famous uncertainty principle which states “that it is impossible to determine simultaneously both the position and velocity of an electron or any other particle with any
