Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Is the Aussie Brain Drain to Silicon Valley a good thing?
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, has re-energised the software giantwith innovation and vision
Great article about where Satya is taking Microsoft, and how he plans to get there! |
How does one re-energise a massive behemoth like Microsoft, turnover of US$90b, with 100k employees, that has achieved the BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) of having a windows PC on almost every PC in the world, with continual Windows licence fees!
This industry does not respect tradition and what you have achieved in the past, says Satya
- it respects Innovation
- it respects Disruption
Having licenced software on PCs does not cut the mustard anymore..... its now about "Mobile First and Cloud First" and "the Internet of Things". Your phone will be just like a remote control for your TV - except it will control everything!!
- the $7.9b acquisition of Nokia - a bit of a flop, with Microsoft writing off most of the investment,
- and now the $26b acquisition of LinkedIn - which I believe will enable them to keep their dominance in the marketplace.
"Microsoft is about enabling and empowering every person and organisation on the planet to achieve more. We are about being a platform."
2. What is Microsofts Culture? What habits, behaviours and attitudes do we want"learn it all vs know it all".
Friday, July 22, 2016
Education for the Real World: 20 Percent Time Projects
Technology giving birth to 4th tech revolution - enlightenment period
- Humans have limitless potential - how do we unleash it?
- What is the process and systems to make this happen?
- Is it creation of tribes / groups/ masterminds?
- Is it about creating collaboration mechanisms?
- Is it about Sharing stories and Ideas ?
- invest in it
- nurture it
- encourage it
Can Councils in regional towns play a vital role in igniting innovation in their area?
- enabling collaboration between big business and start-ups
- connecting unemployes to startups and educational institutions
- providing cheap rent for incubators
- providing a Crowdsourcing facility so residents can invest in their towns startups (maybe with government backed security based on specific criteria
- Maths - we learned slide rule - Soh Cah toa, logic.
- We don't need to learn how an engine works to drive a car!
Collaboration is the number 1 currency
I am really excited about bulding www.bbg.business - building these communities feels right!!
Innovation isn't just for inner city hipsters
- Helps develop vibrant regional entrepreneurship ecosystems that create thriving clusters of new and established business activity in country areas
- Presents innovation as a process to help regional economies transition from the decline in manufacturing and other traditional industries, to higher-growth sectors
- Creates the option of self-employment for young people in regional areas who cannot find full-time work
- Reverses the brain drain as bright young 20-somethings are forced to move to capital cities to start ventures or work for others
- Makes regional areas great places to live AND work, creating social inclusion for young people and more harmonious communities
- Has real benefits for capital cities. Creating vibrant regional innovation hubs could encourage urban entrepreneurs to move to areas that are close to capital cities. That would help de-centralise population growth away from capital cities, as regional businesses grow and create jobs
- Helps develop a stronger national entrepreneurship ecosystem by giving start-ups that are struggling with scarce resources greater options to work in lower-cost regional areas.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Car sharing with city parking
How car-sharing is already helping cities with their transit issues
There's a promising fix for any city with transportation issues -- and car ownership has nothing to do with it.
A new study found that cities that turn to a flexible type of car-sharing stand to benefit from less pollution, less traffic and more parking.
Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley's Transportation Sustainability Research Center focused on the impact of car2go, which is different from car services like Zipcar and GM's (GM) Maven. With car2go, drivers paying a one-time $35 membership fee and can rent a vehicle parked on a nearby public street and leave it elsewhere in the city. There's no need to reserve a vehicle ahead of time, or return it to a designated parking lot. Car2go strikes deals with local governments so that its cars can be parked in public spots.