Archive for March, 2006

IBM’s Global Innovation Outlook (GIO)

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

IBM launched the GIO in 2004 to look at global issues from a horizontal perspective.

The nature of innovation is changing at a pace unheard of in modern history — it is now increasingly open, collaborative, multi-disciplinary and global. And to reap the benefits of this evolution, an organization’s processes and practices must adapt.

Enter the […]

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Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (CIFS)

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

CIFS held its inaugural Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow conference yesterday.

CIFS was founded in 1970 by Professor Thorkil Kristensen, former Minister of Finance and Secretary-General of the OECD. It was set up in co-operation with a number of visionary organisations wanting to qualify their basis for making decisions through futures studies. Since then, CIFS has […]

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Google Analyst Day 2006

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Google continues to create innovative advertising models.

Yesterdays Google Analyst Day 2006 was insightful.

CEO Eric Schmidt delivered the opening remarks.

2006 Strategic Priorities
1. Search quality and end user traffic
2. Quality of advertisements as percieved by end users.
3. Building new products and services for publishers of information.
4. Growing our overall partnerships.
5. Building the systems and infrastructures of a […]

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