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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Breaking Down Silos

The deleterious effects of organizational silos have received a lot of press recently. Med Yones, an international expert specializing in global strategy, organization development, and innovation management, has remarked: “The larger the

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Back to the Future Fuels

In the sequel to the popular 1985 movie Back to the Future, the DeLorean automobile that was converted into a time machine was powered by the Mr. Fusion model fusion generator, which

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Turning Trash into Treasure

If there is one thing that humankind has mastered, it’s the seemingly unlimited ability to create waste. Even in places that would seem remote from human touch, you can find mankind’s rubbish

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Portable Power

In yesterday’s post entitled Better Batteries or No Batteries at All, I discussed some of the research being conducted and products being manufactured that generate power in new ways. In that post,

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Optimism, Entrepreneurs, and Prosperity

This is the third post in a short series about entrepreneurism. The cynical journalist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) defined optimism as: “The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly,

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