Hitting the G+ spot

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I’ve not used Google+ yet but from what I have seen so far, it looks like an ideal approach for anyone (like me) interested in a properly joined-up-world of integrated Systems. Unlike some, though, I’m not even thinking about Google+ in relationship to FaceBook because FB is not a serious Systems platform. Continue reading article »

Business agility, it's all in the mind

Agility is one of the great buzzwords of the day so I paused for thought when I saw this tweet from @flowchainsensei (aka Bob Marshall)  ”What is *Business Agility*? It’s ability to respond to changes in your business environment: markets, competitors, regulators, tech, etc.”

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Well that doesn’t sound like agility to me. Bob’s definition reads more Continue reading article »

Turing Test corollary?

Much effort has been put into getting machines to pass the so-called Turing Test. But, conversely, how does a machine know it’s talking to a human?

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Turing Test corollary:  a human knowingly talking to a [telephone answering] machine often loses coherence and language skills, ergo machine knows human. Continue reading article »

theme park or naturist reserve

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Cyberspace is a pretty strange environment for building communities but why do some online community builders make it so hard for themselves, and prospective community members, by making such a hash of publicity and access control?

The web makes it very easy for prying eyes to happen upon supposedly private gatherings, while public attractions may be Continue reading article »

Breaking the envelope gag

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Here are a couple of thought-provoking questions:

What is the best advice you have been given by a predecessor? What advice do you give your successor?

Reflecting on your answers might help to avoid falling into the traps of the three envelope gag (see below) which painfully describes the all too common difficulty of transmitting hard-won Continue reading article »

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