Technology
Hate Crimes and Our Colleagues
Hate Crimes and our colleagues: Today a revision of the first executive order was filed which as Washington Post calls it: is cruel and unconstitutional. Leading to hate crimes across the nation. This weekend an American citizen from India was shot by a man near Seattle who chanted:”go back to your country”. Correction: This IS…
Read MoreLet’s Talk AI: The True Buzz About AI
And deep learning, machine learning, cognitive and more… Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest topics on Tech St. right now – and why wouldn’t it be given the exciting advances being made? But in our conversations about AI, we’re getting ahead of ourselves and mixing up progress toward the goal with having reached…
Read MoreWorkPlace 3.0: It Is About Inclusion, Not Diversity!
For decades, we have argued that we do not have enough women and minorities in companies, startups, and in the STEM professions. To address this problem, we set our sights on ‘diversity.’ We have formed countless not-for-profits to increase the number of women in STEM and executive positions. I, myself, have been a member of…
Read MoreAR/VR Resistance. Why?
One thing is for sure: Anytime there is disruption, there is resistance. That is what we talk a lot about in my book ProVoke. I remember when I had my RFID Company (ConnecTerra Inc. in Cambridge, MA) and demonstrators were outside the doors because they thought RFID invaded their privacy (which of course it…
Read MoreThe Reality Of IoT vs. The World of Connected Things: The Same Or Different?
This week I had the pleasure to speak at the MIT Enterprise Forum annual conference on Connected Things. The MIT Media Center was buzzing with vibrant conversations about Connected Things, IoT, RFID, AR/VR, and more. Great debates everywhere! So here are some thoughts: First off, let’s establish some ground rules: 1.‘Connected World’ implies ‘things’…
Read MoreWomen, silence is not a virtue in the workplace!
I am looking forward to hearing the fantastic VOICES and thoughts of the great minds coming together at the Women in Technology Summit this weekend. As a lead in to my keynote speech on June 1, I wrote this most recent article for Washington Post to get the dialogue started. Throughout my career, I’ve…
Read MoreYou’re Either a Technology Business or You’re Out of Business
This article is brought to you by Linda and Braden Kelley. Collectively, we have over 30 years of experience working with large, global multi-disciplinary enterprises. We write this with care and passion as we want your enterprises to succeed. We would love to hear your thoughts. Even in 2014, there are business sectors who feel…
Read MoreBR: Made In America and Making the Modern World
For the first time, for the following 2 books, I am not providing a Book Review (BR), rather a Book Recommendation. Reason: It is impossible to do just a book review given the amount of content. But I do feel compelled to urge my readers to review the following books. I came across Vaclav Smil…
Read MoreWhy SIRI And Not Watson?
SIRI is defined as: Siri is a voice-activated app that works with the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 to allow users to take action on their iPhone by speaking. Siri can understand not just basic commands, but also the colloquialisms that are common to human speech. Siri can both speak back to the user and…
Read MoreAutomation/Digitization: Yes. Personalization: Not Quite!
I am delighted to see so many industries digitizing their operations. For example, as the International New York Times reported yesterday, the Starwood Hotels are starting to test keyless entry via smartphones for their guests. That is a great example of digitization utilizing smartphones. We will be seeing many more such examples of automation moving…
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