As the world and society in general has evolved, so has the telecommunications industry. collaboration communication organization CultureOver the last 20-30 years, telecommunications providers have witnessed their revenue streams reshape in ways unthinkable in the 1980’s. That’s not to say that revenues have decreased, nor will they. MORE >>

In our post-industrial world, though, fac­tory worship is a non star­ter. and he hits the nail on the head that the industrial model for work design is no longer of much use. Becoming a linchpin is the first challenge, but enabling a linchpin culture is the greater one. Cheap cogs are worth what they cost, which is not much. MORE >>

Some of us feel that cloud computing may very well be The Next Big Thing - one of those massive changes that the IT industry goes through from time to time that really shake things up - like the advent of personal computers in the 1980s and the Web in the next decade. Tags: Cloud Computing Innovation Society and Culture Then what? MORE >>

In this talk at TEDxPhilly , Diana Lind describes many of the ways urban spaces can benefit from rejecting “car culture” and reconstructing the grid, from adding bike lanes, to creating greenspaces, to turning streets into people-friendly social spaces. Culture playlist TEDx cities futureSo what will the city of the future look like? These MORE >>

Although the studies described in The Machine That Changed the World showed that lean was a significantly more efficient and effective way to run a manufacturing plant, a large survey conducted by Industry Week in 2007 found that only 2 percent of companies that have a lean program achieved their anticipated results. new culture of learning. MORE >>