Industrial Revolution 2

There is an “I” in Vision

ash maurya
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There is an “I” in Vision

May 3, 2010

The press loves to celebrate stories of visionaries that saw the future and charted a course to intersect it with a “revolutionary” new product offering. In a visionary product launch there is no place for being too early or too late:

While these make for great stories, behind every visionary story usually lies years of hard work, experimentation, and learning. Even the unveiling of the visionary computer in Steve Job’s words were years in the making – The “revolutionary” iPad is built on at least 3 generations of software and 5 generations of hardware.

The story actually played out is never quite as simple:

First, there is never a single customer adoption curve but a whole family of them – with each customer segment adopting solutions at different rates. You launch based on your best understanding of who you thin

Here’s the article…

Finally, rational talk about energy and climate.
What are the options. What are the pros and cons…
Do yourself a favor and clear up any confusion that
you may have as a result of media PR campaigns and
sound bites.
Here is it: Innovating to Zero

I guess you can tell I’m a fan….

Tue, Jan 20, 2009

What we are about to present is called industrial symbiosis. It’s an application of the broad emerging field of industrial ecology, a hybrid of technological, Earth, economical and social sciences aimed at sustainable development and efficiency. At its core lies the biological analogy according to which facilities related to industry are regarded as inherent or embedded in the ecosystem.

The essential idea is this: The more an industrial complex resembles a biological system (from the material and energy flow point of view), the better and more effective it is.

Here’s the article…

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In uncertain times, don’t try to predict the future. Systematically explore possible futures.
- Ross Dawson