For example, the return on assets (ROA) of US companies, - a general indicator of profitability, -  has been progressively falling and is now almost one quarter its 1965 levels.  It is no accident that most of these early examples of creation spaces are initially attracting individuals rather than institutions.  Not anymore.  MORE >>

This puts business and government leaders at risk of being overcome by the tidal wave of rapid change and innovation spearheaded by knowledge-empowered customers, partners, and competitors.”. Clients want the business to be responsive to their need for meaningful innovations in products and services that address their needs.  MORE >>

We are increasingly using systems thinking to address some of our most critical contemporary problems including climate change, energy and the environment, cities and metropolitan areas, jobs and productivity, the global economy, financial systems and national security.  We are not just passive observers.  Let me discuss a few.  . MORE >>

ID³ , - the Institute for Institutional Innovation by Data Driven Design, - is a new multidisciplinary non-profit institution formed to develop architectural frameworks, open source software and educational content for the protection, sharing and monetization of sensitive data.  I just joined its Board of Directors. MORE >>

For example, in a paper written in 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes wrote : “We are being afflicted with a new disease of which some readers may not yet have heard the name, but of which they will hear a great deal in the years to come - namely, technological unemployment.  The Watson Challenge was an exhibition Jeopardy! There are only 1.2 MORE >>