IBM Puts Dollars Behind the Crowd
IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano has announced what he calls an Innovation Jam - an attempt to come up with new business and product ideas by leveraging the collective intelligence of IBM's 100,000-strong 'crowd'. According to Yahoo! Business, IBM has "used these online...
Proof that the Boomers still rule the world
Just in case you still needed proof that Boomers are not just going to slip into retirement quietly, proof comes from the world of Hollywood. A flurry of movies is expected over the next few months - all of them remakes of classic Boomer TV shows. Right now on...
Proof that the Boomers still rule the world
Just in case you still needed proof that Boomers are not just going to slip into retirement quietly, proof comes from the world of Hollywood. A flurry of movies is expected over the next few months - all of them remakes of classic Boomer TV shows. Right now on...
A Delicious Fetish
Joshua Schachter once sent me an email. At the time, I had no idea who he was – his response had come from a request I’d sent to the del.icio.us ‘support team’. Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site, I needed some help figuring out how to use...
Gamer stats – They’re not what you’d expect
A recent survey published by the Entertainment Software Association entitled "Essential Facts" deals with sales, demographic, and usage data within the gaming industry. The full report can be downloaded from 2005 Essential facts. Some of the numbers the report...
Gamer stats – They're not what you'd expect
A recent survey published by the Entertainment Software Association entitled "Essential Facts" deals with sales, demographic, and usage data within the gaming industry. The full report can be downloaded from 2005 Essential facts. Some of the numbers the report...
Its nice to be right (sometimes)
As consulting futurists and strategists, part of our job involves making predictions about trends that we see coming. We track societal trends, especially looking at technology, demographics, institutions and value shifts in the world. But, we also touch on politics,...
A 'Hawking View' of us getting to space
Straight from BoingBoing...Humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years, the British scientist told a news conference."We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another star system," added...
A 'Hawking View' of us getting to space
Straight from BoingBoing...Humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years, the British scientist told a news conference."We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another star system," added...
JetBlue storytelling
More often than not the accussation of "telling tales" reminds us of our childhood when our parents would admonish us for being naughty and use this phrase in a far-from-covert ploy to get us to tell the truth. Well, JetBlue is now actually encourgaing the telling of...
A whole new meaning to High Society – Dinner in the sky
Just when you thought there could be no new trends, the high society (high being the operative word here!) have found a new way of spending their extra cash.....by having dinner in the sky. No, its not dinner in a plane, its not dinner on a rooftop, it is dinner...
A whole new meaning to High Society – Dinner in the sky
Just when you thought there could be no new trends, the high society (high being the operative word here!) have found a new way of spending their extra cash.....by having dinner in the sky. No, its not dinner in a plane, its not dinner on a rooftop, it is dinner...
Trillion Dollar Industries: The Next Big Things?
I could back this up if I needed to, but my gut and all the evidence points to the fact that the "next Google" (the next big company that takes the world by storm) will come from one of the following industries: Health and wellness - providing for the ageing Baby...
Technology Needs for Aging Boomers
An excellent article with a range of Technology opportunities that will open up as Boomers age. Policymakers must now go beyond discussions of health and economic security to anticipate the aging boom and the role of technology in responding to the needs of an aging...
Ageing Gracefully – not likely
From the SeniorJournal.com (Nov 2005): Australian society's obsession with looking younger is set to collide with the reality of aging, a University of Queensland researcher warns. The current fixation with trying to postpone aging is increasing and the current senior...
Odour Duplicator
From the New Scientist: Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images. Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of doing just that. Simply point the device at a...
Skills shortage may slow Africa oil growth
A Reuters report indicates something that most Africans already know: "Africa, an increasing supplier of global energy, may be unable to expand its output as fast as expected in coming years due to a shortage of industry skills. Inadequate schools and relative poverty...
Dutch Cabinet want to abolish the compulsory retirement age of 65 for civil servants
This article was shared with me today and was extracted from IPE.com, Investments and Pensions, Europe. The Dutch are always known for their progressive thinking on key issues relating to society. They must be feeling the pain and now have decided to address the...
Dutch Cabinet want to abolish the compulsory retirement age of 65 for civil servants
This article was shared with me today and was extracted from IPE.com, Investments and Pensions, Europe. The Dutch are always known for their progressive thinking on key issues relating to society. They must be feeling the pain and now have decided to address the...
Bill Gates announces his resignation
Its true, Bill Gates, probably one of the most famous and richest boomers has announced his resignation from Microsoft Corporation. Whilst this will only take place in the next two years, it certainly is a significant time in the life of Microsoft and the computer and...