The Orchid Hypothesis helps to celebrate the large diversity we have in our gene structure. Philosophically, we must not look at each issue children have necessarily as disorders (this terminology may need to even be changed). Often the behaviors we see in our children look challenging to us when in the moment. But stepping back, researchers are taking a new approach and looking at the benefits of having individuals with various behaviors - as we would suspect, philosophically, if placed into the right situation, these behaviors are actually then a large plus.
I see it in business leaders every day: there are so many different leadership types and leadership behaviors, and many can lead to a successful company. Too often we are taught and read that only a certain type of leader can succeed. More than anything, the drive to succeed tends to me the biggest factor in success (not even intelligence is more of a deciding factor, IMHO).
We see it in sports and in business - put a person who seemed to be the wrong person, and put them in the right situation and they can and will succeed. The great leaders are able to place their team members into situations they can succeed in.
The Science of Success - The Atlantic (December 2009)
The Science of Success - The Atlantic (December 2009)
Sony Looks to 3-D TVs to Drive Growth
Really? 30-50% of all Sony Tv's sold by 2011 will be 3-D TV's? I dont see it. (that was terrible, but I am sticking with it).
Sony Looks to 3-D TVs to Drive Growth - WSJ.com
Taking an Open-Source Approach to Hardware
Open source hardware is a very interesting concept, to say the least, with the potential to change business models the world over. Obviously, software has moved quickly into this realm. The idea of open source software has caused no only more innovation and low cost / free shared software, but also proprietary software has become more and more free as time goes on. The cost of hardware is also dropping at a precipitous rate with manufacturing and supply chain techniques optimizing the model.
Furthermore, with innovation moving faster and faster, companies will see that open source hardware is less of a threat as they realize that whatever the develop will be obsolete in a year anyways.
Taking an Open-Source Approach to Hardware - WSJ.com
Brave Thinkers - The Atlantic (November 2009)
I am elated that John Fetterman is being picked up so well by the press, now on the cover of the Atlantic Monthly. Mr. Fetterman is ripping apart all stereotypes and helping a distressed pocket of Pittsburgh immensely. He is the 6'4, tattoo-laiden, giant of a man who came to Pittsburgh to turn around Braddock, a post-industrial area of the city. His appearance of never wearing suits, and instead showing off his tats would never indicate his Harvard education. Mr. Fetterman is committed whole heartedly to the turn around of this area not only with his energy, new way of thinking, but additionally, putting in his own money to rejuvenate areas. He may succeed, he may fail (when you try new ideas, you are bound to fail). But he is unthinking from traditional think, and that in and of itself is a reason to follow this man. I hope he succeeds and indeed does show a model for other distressed towns.
Brave Thinkers - The Atlantic (November 2009)
For Wal-Mart and Amazon, the First Round of a Price Fight - NYTimes.com
Just last week, I tweeted from a Wal-Mart complaining that their site-to-store pickup service was shabby at best. Then a reported from the Wall Street Journal called me (from the tweet!) and said he is writing an article on Wal-Mart fighting the like of Amazon. Wal-Mart felt its Site-To-Store service was a perfect strategy against Amazon, who have no offline equivalent. If I were Wal-Mart though, I would look at Blockbuster vs Netflix - is Blockbuster's offline presence really giving it an advantage over Netflix?
I find it terrific that WalMart has some serious competition now. The surprising (maybe really, unsurprising) thing is that their major competitor is a totally online company. This is competition is going to lead to serious continued innovation in online product delivery and also offline product delivery, as Wal-Mart learns to deliver even cheaper / better with the burden of their overhead. In the end, as always, we consumers win.
For Wal-Mart and Amazon, the First Round of a Price Fight - NYTimes.com
Green redemption | The Economist
Governments are seeing the monetary value of saving the forests. Not only is the a climate benefit to doing so, but a monetary benefit too. Now if only we had all those well educated, brilliant people on wall street working on how to package schemes to pay for avoided deforestation, instead of "exotic mortgages."
Green redemption | The Economist
The Twitter Star: Nova or Supernova? | Brian Solis - PR 2.0
Interesting read on where twitter is going. Their readership is down quite bit month to month. The two interesting things to me are: (1) I think Twitter knows this and is actually trying to expand and acquire businesses to keep it on a growth path; (2) I find it quite interesting that many people in the blogosphere cant wait for twitter to fail. I am not sure why this is, but it is definitely a common read notion out there.
The Twitter Star: Nova or Supernova? | Brian Solis - PR 2.0
Thanks, Eddie.
The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery - WSJ.com
The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery - WSJ.com
Dr. Shetty is a friend of ours, and Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital is a client of Mobile Aspects, Inc. This article, on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, shows the continued rise of a new way of thinking across India. With Medical cities popping up all over, there is ample opportunity in developing countries to make a difference in millions of human lives, and still make a profit. I urge anyone in healthcare or looking at expanding into developing countries to read this article.
NYTimes: Hospitals looking for better data on Medical Devices
The New York Times has a great story on Medicare and Hospitals trying to find better data on medical devices. One of the interesting things about our RFID technology (and pretty much all RFID technology) is the vast amount of data we gather. By combining our data with other data sets that hospitals have, we are already helping them understand the cost vs efficacy considerations of the different devices they are using. This is helping individual physicians and whole departments ensure they are using the best and lowest cost devices available for them. With this philosophy, our customers are both increasing outcomes for their patients, and reducing their costs by millions of dollars a year. This is the effect of RFID in healthcare (it aint just a bar code replacement).
