Redesigning Business Summit…
General impressions and highlights from Day 1. Around 300 people registered for the conference being held in a new space called “Kings Place” close to the Kings Cross-St Pancras tube & train stations. The Economist runs a professional conference — other sponsors are the Design Council (www.designcouncilorg.uk), Brand Union (global branding agency) and […]
Diffusing, translating, transferring ideas…
How do people adopt and move ideas from one place to another? One of Paul Groth’s mentors at UC Berkeley was the famous geographer, Allan Pred. According to Paul this lecture on Innovation Diffusion that I enjoyed so much is a summary of Allan Pred’s Fall 1976 undergraduate geography course, “Information Circulation and Innovation Diffusion.” […]
Innovation diffusion…adopting new ideas
There is nothing like being a student so I have taken advantage of being back at UC Berkeley and have attended a class or two. One of my favourite classes back in ’81-’82 was the History of the U.S. Cultural Environment (ED169B). The class was and is taught by then Ph.D. candidate and now full […]
Echoes of DAVOS…
Every heard of Swissnex? Their mission is to connect the dots between Switzerland and North America in science, education, art, and innovation. It is an initiative of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER). The SF group is part of a network of outposts elsewhere in the globe. Through our public events and […]