rethinkchronicles » technology http://www.rethinkchronicles.com A guide through the rapidly developing Rethink Revolution Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Silicon Valley may become Graphene Gulch http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/23/silicon-valley-may-become-graphene-gulch/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/23/silicon-valley-may-become-graphene-gulch/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:37:47 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=938 Some day you may see a workman replacing a location sign designating Silicon Valley. In its place the new sign could read Nanotube Valley, or maybe Graphene Gulch. That is improbable at best, but could be more accurate. Researchers are anticipating the day when it will be impossible to further miniaturize [...]

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Silicon Valley may become Graphene Gulch

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/23/silicon-valley-may-become-graphene-gulch/feed/ 0 Death by a thousand cuts http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/07/death-by-a-thousand-cuts/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/07/death-by-a-thousand-cuts/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:33:05 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=914 For about a thousand years prior to the 20th century the Chinese used a form of execution known as death by a thousand cuts. That is an apt description of the consequences of the business as usual practices of many companies facing today’s challenges.For example, many executives function as though they were still in an era [...]

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Death by a thousand cuts

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/07/death-by-a-thousand-cuts/feed/ 0 Innovate or miss the recovery http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/02/24/innovate-or-miss-the-recovery/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/02/24/innovate-or-miss-the-recovery/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:17 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=875 Innovation is garnering attention in the business media, but like crop storage in a grainery it has no value until somebody buys it. The companies are numerous that have come up with great ideas only to see somebody else turn them into business breakthroughs. Equally numerous are companies that are best described as arid innovation deserts. [...]

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Innovate or miss the recovery

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/02/24/innovate-or-miss-the-recovery/feed/ 0 Clues to future corporate success http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/05/clues-to-future-corporate-success/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/05/clues-to-future-corporate-success/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:06:10 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=848 The first imperative is to deliberately, consciously wean the organization from excessive control, the methods most executives learned and practice in their profession. The late Peter Drucker explained, “Because the modern organization consists of knowledge specialists, it has to be an organization of equals, of colleagues and associates. No knowledge ranks higher than another; each [...]

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Clues to future corporate success

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/05/clues-to-future-corporate-success/feed/ 0 Exciting glimpse of the future http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/15/810/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/15/810/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:40:50 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=810 Futurist and scientist/inventor Ray Kurzweil welcomes the new year with predictions of how technology will change humanity by 2020. Solar power on steroids, longer lives, the chance to get rid of obesity once and for all, and portable computing devices that start becoming part of your body rather than being held in your hand are among [...]

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Exciting glimpse of the future

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/15/810/feed/ 0 The Internet is a surrogate sales person http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-internet-is-a-surrogate-sales-person/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-internet-is-a-surrogate-sales-person/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:00:01 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=803 It is not surprising that corporations are struggling with how to budget for and use the Internet as a marketing tool and interface with customers. After all the Internet is a surrogate for sales people, and sales people are a surrogate for the image and reputation of the legal entity called a corporation.

Until accountants figure out [...]

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The Internet is a surrogate sales person

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-internet-is-a-surrogate-sales-person/feed/ 0 Marketers face a new conundrum http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/09/marketers-face-a-new-conundrum/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/09/marketers-face-a-new-conundrum/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:38:56 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=795 Google Goggles

While marketing executives continue to struggle with what to do about Web 2.0, they face a possible new conundrum just announced by Google. An industry observer made this comment, “This is certainly a rebuke to anyone who believes that Google is through innovating.”

The comment was prompted by Google’s announcement of these developments: 1) the [...]

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Marketers face a new conundrum

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/09/marketers-face-a-new-conundrum/feed/ 0 Time to go from THINK to RETHINK http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/07/03/time-to-go-from-think-to-rethink/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/07/03/time-to-go-from-think-to-rethink/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:56:26 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=612 Forler Massnick

For about 90 years the leaders of society have been implored to THINK, most notably by IBM which adopted it as a slogan. That’s not good enough for today’s tumultuous times, according to the author of a book on the subject. The imperative watchword today is RETHINK. It keeps showing up [...]

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Time to go from THINK to RETHINK

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/07/03/time-to-go-from-think-to-rethink/feed/ 0 Congressman urges Office of Technology Assessment http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/29/congressman-urges-office-of-technology-assessment/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/29/congressman-urges-office-of-technology-assessment/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:40:53 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=538 When Congress eliminated funding for The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) nineteen years ago it was described as Congress giving itself a lobotomy. Very few members of Congress are trained in science and consequently avoid the subject. One Congressman with serious science bona fides is urging that something like the OTA be reinstituted. Representative [...]

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Congressman urges Office of Technology Assessment

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/29/congressman-urges-office-of-technology-assessment/feed/ 0 Hurricane control idea proposed http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/04/hurricane-control-idea-proposed/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/04/04/hurricane-control-idea-proposed/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:10:29 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=418 A scientist at the University of Akron in Ohio has applied for a patent on an idea that he and his colleagues believe could reduce the destructive power of hurricanes. The concept involves using jet airplanes to disrupt the complex airflows and other atmospheric activity that produces the power of hurricanes.

Arkadi Leonov says the balance [...]

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Hurricane control idea proposed

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