I’m really enjoying the first UK edition of Wired magazine. This popular newsstand journal has given a monthly boost to corporate IT and business innovators all over the world for years, but now there is British and an Italian version – both with a large amount of local editorial content. Originally based out of the [...]
Entries from April 2009
Wired UK: An innovator’s delight – please let it live!
April 9th, 2009 by Mark Raskino · Comments Off
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HYPE IS GOOD (especially in a recession)
April 8th, 2009 by Mark Raskino · Comments Off
If you are old enough, or a film fan, you will recall the famous speech by Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street where he espouses the idea that ‘greed is good’‘ There is a double edge to using that analogy to support my argument – but here goes!… In a non-tech corporation, the biggest [...]
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Innovation still a priority
April 6th, 2009 by Jackie Fenn · Comments Off
At a recent Gartner event I conducted an informal poll of 16 emerging technology managers. The results showed that most were experiencing relative stability in their staffing and funding. Less than 10% had experienced, or were projecting, staff cuts, and half were expecing to grow their staffing and funding levels by 2010. This may be counter to [...]
