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Please feel free to download, modify and use the slides for your talks. Lets keep rocking the Free Web ! :)
Introduction to mozilla and its projetcsPradeep Singh
I gave this talk on Mozilla and its different Projects and Products on IEEE Day (7th Oct,2014). I covered Introduction to Mozilla, its various projects and products, how to contribute towards Mozilla and many other things.
Please feel free to download, modify and use the slides for your talks. Lets keep rocking the Free Web ! :)
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Discovery is the most important business capability in the emerging Age of Insight - it's the missing ingredient that makes Big Data a source of value for businesses and people.
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This presentation outlines the Age of Insight, and suggests deep structural and historic precedents visible in the Age of Reason, especially in the central parallels between Natural Philosophy and the emerging discipline of Data Science. We then review the language of discovery, and consider widely visible examples of products and services that demonstrate the language.
We review our own usage of the framework as an analytical and generative toolkit for providing discovery capability, and share best practices for employing this perspective across a variety of levels of need.
Lego Beowulf and the Web of Hands and Hearts, for the Danish national museum ...Michael Edson
This is the text version of the talk.
A PowerPoint version of this talk is at http://www.slideshare.net/edsonm/michael-edson-lego-beowulf-and-the-web-of-hands-and-hearts-for-the-danish-national-museum-awards
This talk was delivered at the awards ceremony for the 2012 Bikuben Foundation Danish Museum Prize (Bikubenfondens Museumspriser) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ideas about what museums are, who they serve, and the role they play in society are changing with dramatic speed, driven largely by social media and the participatory culture of global networks.
Denmark supports world-class museums, with remarkable collections, expert staff, and beautiful architecture. But how can museum leaders balance the traditional concepts of organizational mission and outcomes with the disruptive possibilities being demonstrated by those who love and use museums in new ways?
Conférence prononcée à Marseille le 9/12/2016 et à Lyon le 13/12/2016 dans laquelle est avancée l'idée qu'est en cours une nouvelle révolution scientifique, celle de la possible réconciliation de la relativité générale et de la physique quantique
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How to support and develop innovation-oriented entrepreneurship in turbulent VUCA conditions? Ecosystem development, platform thinking and serendipity management as key drivers to improve vucability.
Discovery and the Age of Insight: Walmart EIM Open House 2013Joe Lamantia
Discovery is the most important business capability in the emerging Age of Insight - it's the missing ingredient that makes Big Data a source of value for businesses and people.
The Language of Discovery is an essential tool for providing discovery capability, whether at the scale of designing a single discovery application, determining the value proposition of a new product or service, or managing a strategic portfolio of technology and business initiatives.
This presentation outlines the Age of Insight, and suggests deep structural and historic precedents visible in the Age of Reason, especially in the central parallels between Natural Philosophy and the emerging discipline of Data Science. We then review the language of discovery, and consider widely visible examples of products and services that demonstrate the language.
We review our own usage of the framework as an analytical and generative toolkit for providing discovery capability, and share best practices for employing this perspective across a variety of levels of need.
Lego Beowulf and the Web of Hands and Hearts, for the Danish national museum ...Michael Edson
This is the text version of the talk.
A PowerPoint version of this talk is at http://www.slideshare.net/edsonm/michael-edson-lego-beowulf-and-the-web-of-hands-and-hearts-for-the-danish-national-museum-awards
This talk was delivered at the awards ceremony for the 2012 Bikuben Foundation Danish Museum Prize (Bikubenfondens Museumspriser) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ideas about what museums are, who they serve, and the role they play in society are changing with dramatic speed, driven largely by social media and the participatory culture of global networks.
Denmark supports world-class museums, with remarkable collections, expert staff, and beautiful architecture. But how can museum leaders balance the traditional concepts of organizational mission and outcomes with the disruptive possibilities being demonstrated by those who love and use museums in new ways?
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Article, WTA, International Training Workshop 2017, Ilkka KakkoIlkka Kakko
Our contemporary business environment is quickly becoming volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA). This transformation will provide us with wicked problems and epic challenges. Also global intermediary business, like University – Industry – Institution collaboration, and science and technology park (STP) management will face these challenges. The models and management structures once valid during the Industrial Era are no more working.
We will in this article introduce some new elements, which according to our experience have already proved to be able to solve the problems of VUCA times. Platform thinking and intensive ecosystem development together with serendipity management practises are the means to improve the ‘vucability’ i.e. the ability to prosper in VUCA conditions.
This short analysis will provide STP practitioners with new examples for applying platform thinking and therefore help to establish co-creation, open innovation and serendipity management practices. The case studies on city level will help STP management teams to evaluate the benefits of platform thinking in different contexts.
Platform Thinking within the Third Generation Science Park Concept: Emerging ...Ilkka Kakko
This paper is intended as an opening of a dialog on how to apply platform thinking in the development of innovation environments. It will brie y describe a new STP (Science and Technology Park) concept called 3GSP (Third Generation Science Park), which is gaining momentum in Finland. The paper explains the fundamental changes that are currently taking place in the global innovation environment and explains why platform thinking is becoming an essen- tial element in ecosystem development. The theoretical background and classi cations of platforms are described and the bene ts to be gained from STP perspective are highlighted. The paper emphasizes especially the role of so called ‘competence platforms’ and explains the main characteristics of a fully working competence platform. The role of competence platforms in understanding serendipity and as a fundamental factor in building the team is also highlighted. The paper analyses from STP perspective several practical examples, where platform thinking supports the emergence of new innovation environments, including Urban Mill (Finland) and Meetberlage (Netherlands). The requirements for comprehensive competence platform services are presented and their potential to support community building and therefore ecosystem development is illustrated. This analysis will provide STP practi- tioners with new models for applying platform thinking and will help to establish co-creation, open innovation and serendipity management practices. The case studies presented will help STP management teams to evaluate the bene ts of competence platforms in different contexts.
“How to Support and Develop the Innovation-oriented Entrepreneurship in Turbu...Ilkka Kakko
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"Platform thinking within the Third Generation Science Park Concept"; UNESCO ...Ilkka Kakko
ABSTRACT:
This paper will describe shortly a new STP concept called 3GSP (Third Generation Science Park), which is gaining momentum in Finland. It explains the fundamental changes in the global innovation environment and explains why the platform thinking is becoming an essential element in ecosystem development. The theoretical background and classifications of platforms are described and the benefits from the STP perspective highlighted. The paper emphasizes especially the role of so called ‘competence platforms’ and explains the main characteristics of a fully working competence platform. The role of competence platforms in understanding serendipity and as a fundamental factor in the team building is highlighted.
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1. Luck, insight – or social capital?
Elements of serendipity
Discovery consists of
seeing what
everybody has seen
and thinking what
nobody has thought
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Global Oasis Network SCWF2012, Gothenburg 2.12.2012
2. The background of serendipity
A Persian fable from the fifth century : ”The Travels and Adventures of Three
Princes of Serendip”
(Serendip is the ancient name of Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka)
Horace Walpole, a British novelist, architect and politician (1717 - 1797) was
fascinated by the fable and started to write about ”serendipity” in his
widespread correspondence
The phenomena was further elaborated and studied by sociologist Robert K.
Merton and various others
Serendipity is one of the most difficult English words to translate, voted also to
TOP 10 most beautiful English words
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3. Cases throughout the history
Columbus, Newton, Archimedes, Watt, Röntgen, Walpole ……
Penicilin, Teflon, Post It, artificial rubber, X-rays, SMS, Viagra, steam engine
…..
3M, Pixar, Google, Virgin, MIT Media Lab …..
List of books: Merton, Roberts, Eyre, Jaworski, Taleb, Hagel&Davison&Brown,
Hoffman, Lane&Becker….
Global Oasis Network SCWF2012, Gothenburg 2.12.2012
4. Some definitions
”lucky accident” --- too simple, luck overrated
”Finding something valuable while looking for something else” – is better
Original Walpole’s definition driven from the Persian fable:
”They (the princes) were always making discoveries, by accidents and by
sagacity, of things of value that they were not in quest of” (Brewer’s
Dictionary of Phare and Fable 1977)
”Serendipity is the quality of mind, which through awareness, sagacity and
good fortune allows one to frequently discover something good while seeking
something else” --- RECOMMENDED!
Ongoing SerenA research project in U.K. defines it with three elements :
unexpected event or encounter à insight à value
Luis Pasteur: ” Fortune favors a prepared mind”
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5. Plan, design, harness ……?
I have found several terms describing the ways to harness serendipity :
”Planned serendipity” Lane&Becker
”Design for serendipity” Hagel et al
”Maximize serendipity around you” Taleb
”Engineering serendipity” ??
”Serendipity Machine” ”Serendipity Engine” – these both sound way to
brutal, like ”push-society” terms, like the remains from the industrial
age
I use ”Harnessing serendipity” on individual and community level and
”Serendipity management” on institutional and organizational level
Global Oasis Network SCWF2012, Gothenburg 2.12.2012
6. Luck
Luck is overrated in serendipity discussions – Why?
è Luck is depending on the preparedness and ability to discover – and
pure luck is just luck, like winning in lottery.
è Value might be recognizable long time afterwards – even years after the
encounter or accident – pure luck, you know it immediately, value is an
instant experience
Global Oasis Network SCWF2012, Gothenburg 2.12.2012
7. Insight
Insight is the key element in serendipity.
Insight is based on:
- your personal qualities
- your relations to your communities and network(s)
Insight = ”the ability to discover”:
- be prepared on intellectual and mental level
- have a diverse network – enough trusted strong ties but also a variety of
interesting and serendipitous weak ties
Global Oasis Network SCWF2012, Gothenburg 2.12.2012
8. Social capital – ”reverse serendipity”
Social capital - the amount of the non-material assets in your community and
your networks (Alexander Dill ), elements like:
* trust
* insight, preparedness, experience
* diversity
* collective wisdom
”Reverse serendipity” --- an unexpected encounter or event, yet the insight
comes from somebody else who is involved with it and who you trust (and he/
she trusts you), and the value comes to you (or both)
Global Oasis Network SCWF2012, Gothenburg 2.12.2012
9. Social capital – Living Bridges
#One can not buy serendipity, so financial capital does not help
#One can harness social capital (strong ties) and increase the likelihood of
benefiting from serendipity à ”reverse serendipity” approach
#One can use social capital (weak ties) to create unexpected conditions like
unexpected encounters, unexpected events, unexpected combinations of
competences
Willi Schroll described yesterday the personal characteristics of Living Bridge
- passion, curiosity, empathy, insight, openness, courage
- è these are the key characteristics to be cultivated on the personal level!
- Bonding <> Bridging <> Linking
Global Oasis Network SCWF2012, Gothenburg 2.12.2012
11. Near future – Living Bridges
Inspiring collaborative tasks ahead – a proposal to you:
1) To explore more this ”reverse serendipity” paradigm
2) To create a ”Living Bridger’s manual for serendipity”
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12. Respect serendipity!
Further information:
Ilkka Kakko, Oy Karostech Ltd
E-mail: Ilkka.kakko@globaloasis.fi
+ 358 50 536 2941
www.respectserendipity.com
www.globaloasis.fi
Twitter: Serendipitor
In Facebook we have an interest group:
Serendipity Management: http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6655331989
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