by Thomas Otter | January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment
While taking a break from a flurry of inquiry calls about ERP upgrades vs SaaS replacements, I ambled over to facebook with Nespresso in hand. A few years ago I met Dave Duarte, who introduced me to the Ogilvy Digital Academy in South Africa. There is a lot of innovative stuff going on in the [...]
Category: Social Software innovation south africa Tags: accessibility, social, wimpy
by Thomas Otter | October 26, 2011 | Comments Off
I’ve just read Brynjolfsson and McAfee’s Race against the Machine in one sitting when I have masses of other pressing stuff to do. It is short, sharp, engaging and easy to read. Put down that Scandinavian crime novel, ignore your travel expense application issues and read this book instead. I’m perhaps reading too much into [...]
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Category: books history innovation software industry Tags: book review
by Thomas Otter | August 3, 2011 | Comments Off
Those of you that read my personal blog will know that I spent the first day of my vacation at the Hockenheimring, doing an advanced driving course and track day. I got to drive a very fancy chariot, an M3 E92. It has 420 horsepower. It was an experience, but I have no plans to [...]
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Category: IT Governance Social Software Uncategorized innovation internet Tags: BMW, facebook, privacy
by Thomas Otter | June 7, 2011 | Comments Off
April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. While I’m somewhat uneasy about the impact of the iPad and Kindle on books and literature generally because of the intellectual property control that it gives the device maker, I’m rather impressed with [...]
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Category: Applications ERP books innovation software design Tags: ERP, iPad, poetry
by Thomas Otter | October 1, 2010 | 2 Comments
I have been to many, many software conferences, but I’m especially fond of the HR tech conference in Chicago. It has a good mix of vendors and practitioners, and is well worth a visit. Over the years at conferences around the world, I’ve strolled the vendor booths, and seen all sorts. Some, just a desk [...]
Category: Events HCM innovation Tags: hrtech; events; conference; HR; HCM
by Thomas Otter | August 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
In this interview on the O’Reilly blog Scott Berkun nails it. How do you define "innovation"? Scott Berkun: I strongly recommend people use this word as little as possible. It’s mostly a distraction. Many great ideas and breakthroughs were achieved without people worrying if they were innovative enough or not. They simply chose to try [...]
Category: books innovation measurement software industry Tags: Berkun, books, innovation
