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In a world that’s increasingly governed by digital transactions and data, our existing methods for managing security and privacy are no longer adequate. But, it’s a highly complex and interesting subject. MORE
Artificial Intelligence Complex Systems Data Science and Big Data Economic Issues Education and Talent Future of Work Innovation Management and Leadership Political Issues Society and Culture Technology and Strategy“The next wave of digital innovation is coming. MORE
Not surprisingly given their complexity, change comes much slower to global financial infrastructures. Transforming this highly complex global ecosystem is very difficult. Overcoming these challenges will add complexity and delay large-scale, multi-party DLT implementations. MORE
On December 1 the Commission issued its final Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy. Technological advancement is outpacing security and will continue to do so unless we change how we approach and implement cybersecurity strategies and practices. MORE
The workshop explored how design-oriented approaches can help us better understand and deal with the very complex problems we are increasingly encountering in all aspects of business, economies, government, public policy, military operations and society in general. Some of the areas explored by the Forum are emerging technologies, organizational development, economic competition, and the changing concept of security. MORE
The Times’ Paywall and Newsletter Economics » The Collapse of Complex Business Models. In 1988, Joseph Tainter wrote a chilling book called The Collapse of Complex Societies. Every one of those groups had rich traditions, complex social structures, advanced technology, but despite their sophistication, they collapsed, impoverishing and scattering their citizens and leaving little but future archeological sites as evidence of previous greatness. Clay Shirky. MORE
Over the years I’ve learned that when trying to explain a complex new concept or product, it’s important to engage in a kind-of conversation with your intended audience, where you talk about what's in your mind, your questions, your doubts, what you know and what you don't know. MORE
Those who were more secure in their relationships reacted in the opposite way – they remembered mum as being closer and more caring when they took the oxytocin. MORE
Teachers and many parents understand that children’s development is far too complex to capture with an hour or two taking a standardized test. The proper way to conduct ourselves in the complex domain is through experiments. MORE
It is my understanding from my daughter’s ITS officer that SP is the ITS’s dream, especially if security is a factor. The inherent linearity and security of SP may have specific value in the context you noted. MORE
At that level the concept of intractable problems for which there is no obvious solution is common place so many of the complexity messages fall onto fertile ground. The post Security? I had three presentations today and my voice held up, just. MORE
The report outlines a policy agenda for improving the privacy and security of digital systems and help combat identity fraud. Change the way America uses the Social Security Number. MORE
Here’s what I’m up to this week - today prepping for the FAO/CGIAR/BIOVERSITY/WFP/IFAD joint 3 day knowledge Share Fair, with a close focus on KS in global development as it relates to agriculture and food security. One of the activities is a 90 second challenge to talk about what IS Knowledge Sharing… “Knowledge sharing is necessary to do complex work in a complex world&#. MORE
Blockchain technologies promise to significantly improve the efficiency and security of business transactions and data sharing among participants in a global ecosystem, such as supply chains, financial services, and similar complex applications involving multiple institutions. MORE
The background: A gentleman who makes a living “reducing complexity” for IT systems keeps running into some of us on Twitter who study complexity. The ask: There is a group of complexity aficionados that criticize my use of the word “complexity.” ” In general, these are folks who are influenced by the Cynefin framework that considers complexity and complicated to be different attributes of a system. The Emergence of Complexity. MORE
In a world that’s increasingly governed by digital transactions and data, our existing methods for managing security and privacy are proving inadequate. Identity plays a major role in our everyday life. MORE
Things are even tougher with people-centric sociotechnical systems, which not only have to deal with potential software problems, but with the even more complex issues involved in human behaviors and interactions. What is it that makes these systems so intrinsically complex? MORE
Contributing factors include expanding networks, growing e-commerce, complex software, greater pressure to reduce time to market, and the ubiquity of computers. A system is only as secure as its weakest point. Feynman also got involved in safe-cracking - he would try to find patterns in the security. From a security implementor's point of view - stupid defenses only keep out stupid attackers. Planning for security in the design stage is rarely done. MORE
While business and government have clearly different objectives, many of the challenges involved in managing a complex, fast changing organization are similar. If large global companies have had to embrace a more distributed management style, why not large, complex governments? He believes that a number of key responsibilities must remain with the federal government, including Social Security and Medicare benefits. “. Your social security number is good anywhere.”. MORE
The Internet was designed to move information, but it’s lacked the necessary trust, security and privacy safeguards to move assets of value. Security tokens. MORE
Returning yesterday from my first TedX in Cyprus I was chatting with Sonja Blignaut about some upcoming activities and differences between approaches to sense-making and complexity. In a complex system we: start journeys with a general sense of direction but without precise targets. MORE
On September 9, Apple announced Apple Pay , an easy, secure way to make mobile payments using their latest devices , - the iPhone 6’s and Apple Watch. Let’s hope that initiatives like Apple Pay will help propel forward the complex evolution toward mobile digital payments. . MORE
Juliette Kayyem , a former Boston Globe columnist, a commentator, Homeland Security advisor to Gov. Deval Patrick, and a former candidate for governor of Massachusetts, is giving a Shorenstein Center talk about how to talk with the public about security issues. Juliette oversaw the local Homeland Security response to the Marathon Bombing and had participated in the security planning. She learned that last lesson from her security experience. MORE
The key question is whether government and industry can collaborate successfully in a complex regulatory environment. The challenge is how to minimize the privacy and security risk without compromising health care. As the keynote said, you can paralyze the good stuff by trying to secure everything. In Canada - here is no legislation to inform people about breaches of security - in the U.S. They need help on security, compliance, risk management,etc. MORE
" The relationship between a brand and its customers is a complex one indeed, full of emotional connections and chemistry. Let me illustrate this complex chemistry by discussing some of my personal experiences with brands. Immigration is a very complex subject. MORE
Blockchain technology is ultimately a means for individuals to coordinate common activities, to interact directly with one another, and to govern themselves in a more secure and decentralized manner.”. MORE
While the skeptics’ concerns, - security, reliability, privacy, costs and others, - are quite real, the hardest part of implementing cloud strategies has little to do with technology. Cloud computing is a highly complex initiative - at the technical, business and organizational levels. And, one of the key lessons we all hopefully learned from the dot-com era is that complex, global initiatives take time. In June of 2008 I participated in a conference on cloud computing. MORE
Another major challenge is the sheer complexity of organizing major industry-wide initiatives. However, the report also warned that transforming the highly complex global financial ecosystem will take considerable investment and time. MORE
And, given that blockchain is all about the creation, exchange and management of valuable assets, its applications are significantly more complex to understand and explain than Internet applications. Complex Transactions Among Institutions. MORE
In the presentation I used a quote from T S Eliot which I found the other day and which is apposite to the current state of affairs in complexity theory. Nothing pleases people more than to go on thinking what they have always thought, and at the same time imagine that they are thinking something new and daring: it combines the advantage of security and the delight of adventure. We see a lot of work here on complexity modelling and the like. MORE
These survey results are not surprising for a technology as new and complex as blockchain. Traditionally, intermediaries have taken on the role of trust keepers, adding costs, delays and complexity to the processing of transactions. MORE
The article makes a strong case for flexicurity - shorthand for flexible security, - a social model from the Nordic countries which aims to achieve both flexibility in labor markets and security for workers. Entrepreneurship and flexible security. MORE
low skill, low wage jobs , - cleaning, security, gardeners, health aides, fast-food restaurants: these jobs have seen rising employment, while their wage growth, has been flat to negative. Complex Systems Economic Issues Education and Talent Future of Work Innovation Political Issues Society and CultureA few weeks ago I heard a very interesting keynote by MIT economist David Autor at the annual conference of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy. MORE
I said that I look at the value of blockchain through two complementary lenses: enhancing the security of the Internet, and reducing the inefficiencies and overheads in applications, like supply chains, involving multiple institutions. MORE
A firms is best viewed as a kind-of rather large and highly complex family. We also form companies and other such organizations to get things done in our work, especially more complex objectives that require the collective skills of multiple people. MORE
Bitcoin aimed to become a decentralized cryptocurrency and digital payment system that would enable the secure exchange of digital money without the need for central government authorities or financial intermediaries. MORE
To take its major next step, the Internet must overcome three such serious limitations: security, complexity, and trust. Security . Consequently, there’s no one overall owner responsible for security , let alone identity management, over the Internet. Complexity. MORE
These are not only complex but esoteric subjects, as nicely illustrated in this funny video. I really liked how Johnson explained the fundamental problem with the Internet that blockchain is helping us address: identity and security. MORE
Foremost among these limitations are privacy, security and inclusion. “Doing business on the Internet requires a leap of faith” because the infrastructure lacks the necessary security. Why wasn’t stronger security designed into the original Internet protocols? MORE
Every piece of information in the ledger is secure because it’s encrypted using public-key cryptography , which can only be decrypted with the appropriate private key. Blockchain enables the members of an ecosystem to securely share data even if all the members are not fully trusted. MORE
The report notes that while transaction costs are lower within firms, “in recent years as enterprises have scaled, the added complexity of operations has grown exponentially while revenue growth has remained linear. Foremost among them is security. Why do firms exist? MORE
As the economy and society move toward a world where interactions are primarily governed by digital data and transactions, our existing methods of managing identity and data security are proving inadequate. MORE
And like all instruments it appeals to a certain instrumental logic, one that craves a simpler world and shies away from complexity. ” Understanding Complexity , via @pourquoi. In Complex problems our practices are always evolving based on what we learn. MORE
They generally exhibit a level of complexity that is often beyond our ability to understand and control. Not only do they have to deal with the complexities associated with large scale hardware and software infrastructures, but with the even more complex issues involved in human and organizational behaviors. . A few weeks ago, MIT professor Joseph Sussman addressed these issues in a lecture - Complex Sociotechnical Systems: The Case for a New Field of Study. MORE
Dave Snowden
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
At that level the concept of intractable problems for which there is no obvious solution is common place so many of the complexity messages fall onto fertile ground. The post Security? I had three presentations today and my voice held up, just.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
JANUARY 2, 2017
On December 1 the Commission issued its final Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy. Technological advancement is outpacing security and will continue to do so unless we change how we approach and implement cybersecurity strategies and practices.
Dave Snowden
JUNE 5, 2013
In the presentation I used a quote from T S Eliot which I found the other day and which is apposite to the current state of affairs in complexity theory. Nothing pleases people more than to go on thinking what they have always thought, and at the same time imagine that they are thinking something new and daring: it combines the advantage of security and the delight of adventure. We see a lot of work here on complexity modelling and the like.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
JULY 7, 2015
The article makes a strong case for flexicurity - shorthand for flexible security, - a social model from the Nordic countries which aims to achieve both flexibility in labor markets and security for workers. Entrepreneurship and flexible security.
Dave Snowden
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
Returning yesterday from my first TedX in Cyprus I was chatting with Sonja Blignaut about some upcoming activities and differences between approaches to sense-making and complexity. In a complex system we: start journeys with a general sense of direction but without precise targets.
Harold Jarche
AUGUST 28, 2015
Teachers and many parents understand that children’s development is far too complex to capture with an hour or two taking a standardized test. The proper way to conduct ourselves in the complex domain is through experiments.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
AUGUST 29, 2016
In a world that’s increasingly governed by digital transactions and data, our existing methods for managing security and privacy are no longer adequate. But, it’s a highly complex and interesting subject.
Harold Jarche
JULY 28, 2017
And like all instruments it appeals to a certain instrumental logic, one that craves a simpler world and shies away from complexity. ” Understanding Complexity , via @pourquoi. In Complex problems our practices are always evolving based on what we learn.
David Weinberger
APRIL 1, 2015
Juliette Kayyem , a former Boston Globe columnist, a commentator, Homeland Security advisor to Gov. Deval Patrick, and a former candidate for governor of Massachusetts, is giving a Shorenstein Center talk about how to talk with the public about security issues. Juliette oversaw the local Homeland Security response to the Marathon Bombing and had participated in the security planning. She learned that last lesson from her security experience.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
A firms is best viewed as a kind-of rather large and highly complex family. We also form companies and other such organizations to get things done in our work, especially more complex objectives that require the collective skills of multiple people.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
APRIL 7, 2015
Things are even tougher with people-centric sociotechnical systems, which not only have to deal with potential software problems, but with the even more complex issues involved in human behaviors and interactions. What is it that makes these systems so intrinsically complex?
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
On September 9, Apple announced Apple Pay , an easy, secure way to make mobile payments using their latest devices , - the iPhone 6’s and Apple Watch. Let’s hope that initiatives like Apple Pay will help propel forward the complex evolution toward mobile digital payments. .
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
MARCH 18, 2011
The workshop explored how design-oriented approaches can help us better understand and deal with the very complex problems we are increasingly encountering in all aspects of business, economies, government, public policy, military operations and society in general. Some of the areas explored by the Forum are emerging technologies, organizational development, economic competition, and the changing concept of security.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
APRIL 6, 2012
While the skeptics’ concerns, - security, reliability, privacy, costs and others, - are quite real, the hardest part of implementing cloud strategies has little to do with technology. Cloud computing is a highly complex initiative - at the technical, business and organizational levels. And, one of the key lessons we all hopefully learned from the dot-com era is that complex, global initiatives take time. In June of 2008 I participated in a conference on cloud computing.
Nancy White
JANUARY 19, 2009
Here’s what I’m up to this week - today prepping for the FAO/CGIAR/BIOVERSITY/WFP/IFAD joint 3 day knowledge Share Fair, with a close focus on KS in global development as it relates to agriculture and food security. One of the activities is a 90 second challenge to talk about what IS Knowledge Sharing… “Knowledge sharing is necessary to do complex work in a complex world&#.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
MAY 16, 2012
They generally exhibit a level of complexity that is often beyond our ability to understand and control. Not only do they have to deal with the complexities associated with large scale hardware and software infrastructures, but with the even more complex issues involved in human and organizational behaviors. . A few weeks ago, MIT professor Joseph Sussman addressed these issues in a lecture - Complex Sociotechnical Systems: The Case for a New Field of Study.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
JULY 31, 2007
Contributing factors include expanding networks, growing e-commerce, complex software, greater pressure to reduce time to market, and the ubiquity of computers. A system is only as secure as its weakest point. Feynman also got involved in safe-cracking - he would try to find patterns in the security. From a security implementor's point of view - stupid defenses only keep out stupid attackers. Planning for security in the design stage is rarely done.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
JULY 30, 2007
The key question is whether government and industry can collaborate successfully in a complex regulatory environment. The challenge is how to minimize the privacy and security risk without compromising health care. As the keynote said, you can paralyze the good stuff by trying to secure everything. In Canada - here is no legislation to inform people about breaches of security - in the U.S. They need help on security, compliance, risk management,etc.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
While business and government have clearly different objectives, many of the challenges involved in managing a complex, fast changing organization are similar. If large global companies have had to embrace a more distributed management style, why not large, complex governments? He believes that a number of key responsibilities must remain with the federal government, including Social Security and Medicare benefits. “. Your social security number is good anywhere.”.
Mind Hacks
DECEMBER 1, 2010
Those who were more secure in their relationships reacted in the opposite way – they remembered mum as being closer and more caring when they took the oxytocin.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
JUNE 16, 2019
In a world that’s increasingly governed by digital transactions and data, our existing methods for managing security and privacy are proving inadequate. Identity plays a major role in our everyday life.
Clay Shirky
APRIL 1, 2010
The Times’ Paywall and Newsletter Economics » The Collapse of Complex Business Models. In 1988, Joseph Tainter wrote a chilling book called The Collapse of Complex Societies. Every one of those groups had rich traditions, complex social structures, advanced technology, but despite their sophistication, they collapsed, impoverishing and scattering their citizens and leaving little but future archeological sites as evidence of previous greatness. Clay Shirky.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
MAY 27, 2019
Another major challenge is the sheer complexity of organizing major industry-wide initiatives. However, the report also warned that transforming the highly complex global financial ecosystem will take considerable investment and time.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
OCTOBER 8, 2007
" The relationship between a brand and its customers is a complex one indeed, full of emotional connections and chemistry. Let me illustrate this complex chemistry by discussing some of my personal experiences with brands. Immigration is a very complex subject.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
APRIL 29, 2019
Artificial Intelligence Complex Systems Data Science and Big Data Economic Issues Education and Talent Future of Work Innovation Management and Leadership Political Issues Society and Culture Technology and Strategy“The next wave of digital innovation is coming.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Every piece of information in the ledger is secure because it’s encrypted using public-key cryptography , which can only be decrypted with the appropriate private key. Blockchain enables the members of an ecosystem to securely share data even if all the members are not fully trusted.
Nancy White
JANUARY 5, 2010
It is my understanding from my daughter’s ITS officer that SP is the ITS’s dream, especially if security is a factor. The inherent linearity and security of SP may have specific value in the context you noted.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
AUGUST 13, 2018
The report outlines a policy agenda for improving the privacy and security of digital systems and help combat identity fraud. Change the way America uses the Social Security Number.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
As the economy and society move toward a world where interactions are primarily governed by digital data and transactions, our existing methods of managing identity and data security are proving inadequate.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Blockchain technologies promise to significantly improve the efficiency and security of business transactions and data sharing among participants in a global ecosystem, such as supply chains, financial services, and similar complex applications involving multiple institutions.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
JUNE 10, 2019
low skill, low wage jobs , - cleaning, security, gardeners, health aides, fast-food restaurants: these jobs have seen rising employment, while their wage growth, has been flat to negative. Complex Systems Economic Issues Education and Talent Future of Work Innovation Political Issues Society and CultureA few weeks ago I heard a very interesting keynote by MIT economist David Autor at the annual conference of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
OCTOBER 11, 2016
The report notes that while transaction costs are lower within firms, “in recent years as enterprises have scaled, the added complexity of operations has grown exponentially while revenue growth has remained linear. Foremost among them is security. Why do firms exist?
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
These are not only complex but esoteric subjects, as nicely illustrated in this funny video. I really liked how Johnson explained the fundamental problem with the Internet that blockchain is helping us address: identity and security.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
JUNE 19, 2017
To take its major next step, the Internet must overcome three such serious limitations: security, complexity, and trust. Security . Consequently, there’s no one overall owner responsible for security , let alone identity management, over the Internet. Complexity.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
Blockchain technology is ultimately a means for individuals to coordinate common activities, to interact directly with one another, and to govern themselves in a more secure and decentralized manner.”.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
JULY 31, 2017
These survey results are not surprising for a technology as new and complex as blockchain. Traditionally, intermediaries have taken on the role of trust keepers, adding costs, delays and complexity to the processing of transactions.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
AUGUST 22, 2016
Foremost among these limitations are privacy, security and inclusion. “Doing business on the Internet requires a leap of faith” because the infrastructure lacks the necessary security. Why wasn’t stronger security designed into the original Internet protocols?
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
MARCH 5, 2018
And, given that blockchain is all about the creation, exchange and management of valuable assets, its applications are significantly more complex to understand and explain than Internet applications. Complex Transactions Among Institutions.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Not surprisingly given their complexity, change comes much slower to global financial infrastructures. Transforming this highly complex global ecosystem is very difficult. Overcoming these challenges will add complexity and delay large-scale, multi-party DLT implementations.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Bitcoin aimed to become a decentralized cryptocurrency and digital payment system that would enable the secure exchange of digital money without the need for central government authorities or financial intermediaries.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
JULY 30, 2018
The Internet was designed to move information, but it’s lacked the necessary trust, security and privacy safeguards to move assets of value. Security tokens.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
MAY 7, 2018
I said that I look at the value of blockchain through two complementary lenses: enhancing the security of the Internet, and reducing the inefficiencies and overheads in applications, like supply chains, involving multiple institutions.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
MARCH 13, 2017
Over the years I’ve learned that when trying to explain a complex new concept or product, it’s important to engage in a kind-of conversation with your intended audience, where you talk about what's in your mind, your questions, your doubts, what you know and what you don't know.
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