From the Future of Work, April 6, 2006 In the future people will work on difficult scientific problems but won’t know they are doing so. They will create new alloys, create artificial organs and customized pharmaceuticals. And they will do so, in most cases, without a Ph.D. Why? Because software will create an abstraction layer between the problem space and the individual. … [Read more...] about The Commoditization of Science
Archives for September 2010
The Future of Compensation
From Future of Work, April 14 2006 Today I was interviewed by Alan and Sandra Ashendorf of "Let's Talk Computers" about the New World of Work, and in particular, the aspect of that new world that gives us the ability to always be on, and potentially, to always be working. Ubiquitous technology does not necessary imply 7 by 24 work. In fact, it shouldn’t. What it … [Read more...] about The Future of Compensation
What Computers Still Need to Learn: Theories of Information and Being Bought to be Brought the Right Information
From The Future of Work - April 2006 Last week I had a discussion about information with Dr. Carsten Sorensen of the London School of Economics. We ended up talking around an idea I floated several years ago as an analyst at the Giga Information Group (acquired by Forrester Research): namely this: as yet, the computer industry has failed to come up with a theory of work … [Read more...] about What Computers Still Need to Learn: Theories of Information and Being Bought to be Brought the Right Information
Enterprises Not One Dimensional – Technology Not the Only Influence on the Future Enterprise
From the Future of Work blog, January 2008 Stop with Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, etc. I've said it before and I will say it again and again. Analysts at Gartner, Forrester, Ovum, etc. continue to beat the drum of change with only technology in mind. If that was the case, Enterprise 2.0 happened when the computer first showed up in big overly cooled rooms, and 3.0 occurred when … [Read more...] about Enterprises Not One Dimensional – Technology Not the Only Influence on the Future Enterprise
Adaptation and Handedness
First entry from my Future of Work blog migration to this blog. From the Future of Work: December 2007 Observers of the future ask people to adapt all the time. To face the subtlety of change, to suck it up and just find a way to fit into a new rhythm. Having just experienced a broken arm, I understand that change is not swift, and not at all about learning: change is about … [Read more...] about Adaptation and Handedness