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What is the difference between Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom? The debate over the relationship between data, information, knowledge and wisdom continues to evolve as new forms of representation emerge. My personal perspective runs contrary to IT and philosophical definitions. I find for knowledge management, and many IT applications, my …

Thought Leadership’s Golden Rules Thought leadership isn’t just for individuals. In the Serious Insights guide “Thought Leaderhip’s Golden Rules,” you will learn how to use thought leadership to shape people’s perception of a company, its products and its services. Firms large and small want to be thought leaders. Thought leadership …

San Diego Comic-Con: What We Know So Far As the press releases come in, Serious Insights will keep readers up-to-date so you know what we know. Let us know your interest, and we’ll try to cover the panel or activation as best we can. Sorry, but we can’t get you …

Innovation: More Poetry Than Science Practical lessons from 35 years of writing poetry to help individuals and teams deliver more innovative products, processes, and services. In a conversation with Phil McKinney, former HP Chief Innovation Officer and author of Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation, we discussed innovation theory. McKinney said …

Best practices are like vampires: They can suck the life out of an organization, kill its productivity, drain its creativity, and bleed its initiative. If you seek perfection in perpetuity, your organization’s learning apparatus will become an animated corpse cursed through the ages to feed on its ancestors. Every organization …

Review and Interview: Mission Workshop Radian travel pack The Radian $585 Mission Workshop When I saw the press release pictures of the new Mission Workshop Radian travel pack I had to see it in-person. Mission designed the Radian with sleek and urban lines but claimed a ruggedness ready for treks …

Developing a Winning Thought Leadership Strategy What is a Thought Leadership Strategy? How do you think about the future of your market? Does your organization include people who help shape your industry? What unique insights does your organization have about its market? What is your vision for the future of …

Don’t Deploy IoT Without Knowledge Management The Internet of Things (ioT) empowers organizations to apply knowledge management (KM) in the physical world. IoT provides a platform for capturing and managing metadata about physical objects. IoT also requires knowledge management for its success. A good IoT implementation requires descriptions and management …

Comic book conventions exist in four different categories. There is the mothership, known as San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC or Comic-Con International. This is the one where major studies bring their stars and make their announcements. It’s a singular event. Then there are the corporate shows, some of which started as …

9 Superhero and Sci-Fi Film Lessons Learned So Far This Summer Every year the in-seat movie business complains about the decline of the audience. 2018, however, is on record pace. Why, because studios, particularly Disney’s Marvel franchises, along with its other superhero genre films, notably Incredibles, delivered good movies. Despite …

Why AI isn’t Intelligence Classifying the wonders of current machine learning algorithms as artificial intelligence does a disservice to the idea of intelligence and creates a vague market that offers little differentiation or definition of the solutions it contains. AI isn’t Intelligence. Marketers need to stop cluttering “AI” by establishing …