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I have written few short articles on design and plan on continuing to write them. Some of them have been published as a book chapter, and some of them are just written for workshops. The first one that I posting is written for Managing as Designing Dialogue series that we had between the Weatherhead School … Read more

AECByte article

An article that I wrote about the innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry was just published. It is a summary of more than 5 years of intense field work with colleagues. For those who are interested in what is happening in AEC industry with digital technology, AECByte is a good place to go.

the role of formerly known ‘opinion leaders’ in the new world

One of the fundamental thrusts behind new forms of organizing, that is radically de-centered, pluralistic, and dynamic, is the reduction of communication and information search cost due to the use of digital information technologies. The use of these technologies has changed the relationship between the consumers and producers as it has reduced the information asymmetry … Read more

How do we know it will be better this time

Yesterday in my class, I showed the video on globalization and technology. One student wondered if people in 1900 might have similar optimism about the future and how they would use technology for the betterment of human race. This is a great point that made me think. The modernistic utopian view of technology that came … Read more

a little bit of introduction

As this is a new where I blog, it seems to be appropriate to write a little bit of introduction about me and what I do. I often characterize my work as an intersection among information technology, innovation and design. Recently, I am dealing with the duality of design in products/services and organization itself. John … Read more