Better parking through technology
Every so often an idea comes along that seems to get a lot right, and you’re left with little to do but sit by the sidelines and watch, hoping that it thrives and makes its way to your neck of the...
View ArticleMy top ten themes from 2010 Davos, part 2
The World Economic Forum has wrapped up and the small town of Davos is being returned to the skiers. I’ve developed my top ten themes from the five-day event. I posted themes 1 – 5 yesterday. Here are...
View ArticleGlobal problem solving? Stephen Harper defends the status quo
Although Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech on Thursday in Davos was received well, many of the delegates that I spoke with told me they thought Harper’s vision was too blinkered. With the...
View ArticleDigitizing Davos
Notwithstanding that some very good things will likely happen at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, it’s tough to solve the world’s problems in a week. A couple of years ago the Forum’s...
View ArticleObama’s Organizing for America troops prepare for battle
As I’ve written many times before, President Barack Obama is making deft use of the web and the youth-powered social movement that got him elected to help him advance his agenda. I also said his...
View ArticleGames for Good: The Role Games May Play in Determining Our Future
With 55% of US gamers being married, and the average age of new gamers at 32 years old, the stereotypical gamer profile of that young, socially awkward male no longer holds true. Alex St. John,...
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LinkedIn’s Crowdsourcing Dilemma
A NY Times article published yesterday covered the story of LinkedIn‘s plan to use crowdsourcing to translate their site to languages other than the already-available English, German, French and...
View ArticleApplying wikinomic’s principles to risk management
I was recently interviewed on BigThink.com about risk management. In the short video above, I explain why the financial services industry needs more than just an injection of fresh capital and...
View ArticleEveryday Relics
With the singularity ever-present around the next corner (or two) it’s easy to fixate on the futuristic present — and near-future — and forget about how we got to where we are. For most of History, if...
View Article“Us Now” documentary available free online
Us Now, the groundbreaking documentary is about the power of mass collaboration, the internet and its potential impact on society, is available for viewing free online for a limited time at...
View ArticleMonday Morning Fun With YouTube
I see the future of YouTube as being a service to which people can upload their videos which — given the right licensing settings — can be remixed and reimagined in-browser by third parties. On this...
View ArticleThe Social Networking Trojan Horse: Recruiting for the NFL
The explosive growth in social networking websites over the last few years has resulted in employers taking notice and using the wealth of personal information that exists about a candidate to make...
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Online comments and the world’s smallest violin
Mr. Pink, Steve Buscemi’s character in Reservoir Dogs has many memorable lines, not all of which would make it by our stringent blog manager. In the opening scene, he explains to the other gangsters...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Fans and the Uniquely Qualified Athlete
In the age of Wikinomics, one of the things that frustrates me most about being an avid sports fan is that it is still very difficult for fans to have any direct say in what their favourite players and...
View ArticleUpgrading the Grid: Pacific Coast collaborative set up to create shared green...
Not sure if you caught Obama’s speech today as he signed the new stimulus bill, but he talked at length about the emphasis his administration is placing on modernizing the country’s electrical grid,...
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Galaxy Zoo enters new phase
After posting on Galaxy Zoo last week and then catching up with one of the project leaders today I learned that the next generation of this phenomenal citizen science project was just launched last...
View ArticleFinancial services industry requires bold steps
As I posted earlier, a panel of financial experts met at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto to discuss bold approaches to solving the global credit crisis and rebooting the...
View ArticleWikinomics for global problem solving
I’ve been working on our follow-up to Wikinomics and came across this nice quote in the transcript from my recent interview with Larry Smarr: “Having a wiki world, and having an ability to...
View ArticleAmbitious goals for this year’s World Economic Forum
I’m attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The founder and executive chairman of the Forum, Klaus Schwab, gave a brief but powerful opening address about the challenges confronting...
View ArticleWill the spirit of Wikinomics survive in harsher times?
Edge.org recently posted a collection of 151 thoughts from leading thinkers on the “game-changing scientific ideas or developments” they think will “change everything” within their lifetimes. Having...
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