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Economics Innovation Inspirational Quotes

“Companies and governments can find an innovator inside everyone; they just need to liberate them”

The Economist, “Something new under the Sun” A special report on Innovation, October 13th, 2007 “Stewart Brand, an internet pioneer, has famously argued that ‘information wants to be free.’ So surely the knowledge worker, the creator of that information, also needs the same freedom; Companies and governments can find an innovator inside everyone; they just […]

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Dan Ariely Economics Life Morality Psychology Spiritual Smarts

Shrinking the fudge factor – when we remind people about morality, they cheat less

Today I gave a speech (a “talk”) that touched on several life principles, one of them, morality’s influence on decision making. Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely author of the book “Predictably Irrational“, created a fascinating social experiment intended to understand how people handle being tempted with cheating. He called it, shrinking the fudge factor. In other […]

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Center for the Edge Economics Innovation John Hagel JSB Lang Davison Measurement Shift Index The Big Shift Trends

Underneath the hyperbole, a shift like never before: the Shift Index Complete Reports

Over the last six months, I have posted a number of times on my experiences at the Deloitte Center for the Edge working on the Shift Index. First it was the highly anticipated launch. Then it was the inaugural, US-based, macroeconomic report. Finally, just last month, the Center launched the industry-level report. Now in one […]

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Economics Spiritual Smarts

Just keep moving

No matter the shifts in the external environment, just keep moving. That’s all you can do. Just keep moving. Keep the momentum – the inertia.