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    AI as Information Infrastructure and the Future of Firms

    February 22, 2021February 22, 20211 min read
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    Empire Strikes Back!

    February 22, 20215 min read
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    My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting

    January 18, 2019February 22, 20211 min read
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    A Network View of the WordPress History

    January 7, 2019February 22, 20212 min read
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A new site

January 5, 2019January 5, 20191 min read
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Re-imagining our cities with digital innovation [Beyond]

February 15, 2017February 22, 20211 min read
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The problem with innovation [Beyond]

February 5, 2017February 22, 20211 min read

Research

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A Network View of the WordPress History

January 7, 2019February 22, 20212 min read
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a response to the critics of my recent HBR piece

September 1, 2015February 22, 20212 min read
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digital innovation, evolution and platform

September 23, 2013February 22, 20211 min read

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Launching xLab

January 5, 2019February 22, 2021
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    How might we add an audio layer in everyday life?

    June 15, 2018February 22, 2021
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    A Tale of Two Stores

    November 28, 2017February 22, 2021
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    Design Thinking at the Weatherhead School

    February 5, 2017February 22, 2021

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Design Thinking at the Weatherhead School

February 5, 2017February 22, 2021
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    Apps and Maps BITs 2014 Summer Program

    July 21, 2014February 22, 2021
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    passion for start-up

    March 18, 2014February 22, 2021
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    The Artisan Soul

    March 16, 2014February 22, 2021

presentations

digital innovation presentations video

AI as Information Infrastructure and the Future of Firms

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
  • digital innovation presentations video

    My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting

    January 18, 2019February 22, 2021
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    Digital Innovation and Design

    December 8, 2014February 22, 2021
  • presentations research video

    digital innovation, evolution and platform

    September 23, 2013February 22, 2021
AI as Information Infrastructure and the Future of Firms
digital innovation presentations video

AI as Information Infrastructure and the Future of Firms

February 22, 2021February 22, 20211 min read

Right before we knew that the world was going to be taken over the virus, I gave a talk at Bremen University at their Diginomics

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AI, Future of Firms
Empire Strikes Back!
digital innovation

Empire Strikes Back!

February 22, 20215 min read

On November 12, 2019, over 10 million families signed up for Disney’s new digital streaming service on the first day of service. Given that 60 million families

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disney, legacy firms, netflix
My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting
digital innovation presentations video

My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting

January 18, 2019February 22, 20211 min read

If you are interested in what I mean by “Digital First” strategy and what we are trying to do at xLab, please watch this 18-min

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CWRU, digital first, digital innovation, digital objects, ISSACS, ontological reversal, value creation, YouTube
A Network View of the WordPress History
digital innovation research

A Network View of the WordPress History

January 7, 2019February 22, 20212 min read

One of the key distinguishing features of digital technology is its generativity. Simply put, it is how the people do things that you as the

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APIs, Generativity, Network, platform, Visualization, WordPress
What should Apple do?
digital innovation

What should Apple do?

January 5, 2019February 22, 20215 min read

Over the last three months, Apple lost over $400 billion in market capitalization which is larger than that of Facebook. Together with Tim Cook’s bombshell

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Apple, business model
A new site
writing

A new site

January 5, 2019January 5, 20191 min read

I managed to move my blog site from Typepad to WordPress.  Given that I have been writing papers on WordPress for several years by now,

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blogging, WordPress
Launching xLab
design digital innovation

Launching xLab

January 5, 2019February 22, 20211 min read

The primary reason I returned to Cleveland 2.5 years ago was a simple conviction that one of the biggest crises and opportunities of our time

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CWRU, digital innovation
How might we add an audio layer in everyday life?
design digital innovation

How might we add an audio layer in everyday life?

June 15, 2018February 22, 20211 min read

We are surrounded by all sorts of sounds all the times. Some we choose; some we don’t. We set an alarm clock. We set up

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digital innovation
A Tale of Two Stores
design

A Tale of Two Stores

November 28, 2017February 22, 20213 min read

Store One: Office Max I went to Office Max to pick up chairs that I ordered earlier. The store was almost empty. I was happy

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design, digital innovation, experience
Re-imagining our cities with digital innovation [Beyond]
writing

Re-imagining our cities with digital innovation [Beyond]

February 15, 2017February 22, 20211 min read

This is my latest contribution to Beyond by the Weatherhead School. Re-imagining Our Cities With Digital Innovation Herbert A. Simon, the late management scientist and

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digital innovation, social entrepreneurship, Weblogs
The problem with innovation [Beyond]
writing

The problem with innovation [Beyond]

February 5, 2017February 22, 20211 min read

This is a column that I contributed to Beyond. The Problem with Innovation //cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js

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design, digital innovation, iPod, MP3
Design Thinking at the Weatherhead School
design news teaching writing

Design Thinking at the Weatherhead School

February 5, 2017February 22, 20213 min read

Recently I had a chance to share with our corporate partners my thoughts on design and how we approach it at the Weatherhead School. Design

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CWRU, design, Weatherhead, writing

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