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5 days ago
Noise kills conversations. Twitter works best when it is conversational. Conversations expand your virtual network. Bots generate noise. Twitter was growing based on its conversational content. It is still growing but now the content is primarily noise generated by bots or their human equivalents....
11 days ago
The global networked economy is just beginning. A year ago it took a hit. The cry at that time was that some organisations are simply too big to fail. So the government stepped in to under-write these entities. The term 'too big to fail' is now part of the language of C21st economics. The strange thing about this term for me is it makes no sense in a networked digital global organisation. The bigger you are the more certain you are to succeed. What is actually likely to fail are Nation-State governments. Times of transitions throw-up terms like 'too big to fail'. They become accepted wisdom. But they never bridge the gap between 'what was' and ' what is' and 'what will be'.
26 days ago
I have been re-reading "First Man- the life of Neil Armstrong" by James R Hansen. The book is a gem - it so well researched and so well written. It reminds me of my time at NASA and the key things I learnt there. 1) too long spent on design leads one to implement a dud and too little time spent on design leads one to implement a white elephant. 2) single points of failure are everywhere in large projects. 3) risk is ever present but usually hits you where you are not. 4) simulation is preparation if and only if you use it to go beyond the limits of your known systems. 5) there is no substitute for experience but experience without imagination is useless in a crisis. 6) fear of failure can not be tolerated. 7) success is filled up with good luck.
33 days ago
Once upon a time I was into "semi-autonomous" work groups. At my paid work I engineered them and at night (paid work too as it turned out) I lectured to undergraduate and graduate students about them. These entities fascinated me then and they still do. In one sense these are the amoeba of organisations - they are single cells that split to form a new whole entity. So they are the simplest form of human organisation and because they are self-directed they need little management. Therein lies the paradox of these entities. They are simple to set up. They are simple to describe. They are simple to be a part of. They are highly productive. They are purpose built. They are low maintenance. They are heuristic and innovative. So what are they? Where would I see them working well? What they are is groups of five or more but not more than eight or nine people. They have a single purpose which they actively pursue together. Their process is transparent - everyone ...
61 days ago
Jet planes leave a vapour trail. You leave a data trail. Your data trail linked to Web 3.0 technology shows, everyone whose interested, your behavioural patterns.
