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Christensen #1 – Disruptive Innovation and the economy
After recapping the theory of disruptive innovation, Clay turned his attention to the macroeconomic implications of this theory. Incidentally, if you haven’t heard the famous steel mill example, its a cracking good yarn (the better for being true). You can … Continue reading
Fracking – er ….
On my todo list is to do a bit more ‘digging’ (forgive the pun) about fracking. This looks like a good place to start (UKERC links to EU reports so hopefully reasonably unbiased) The study on energy market impacts shows … Continue reading
It’s not whether, but when.
I am almost finished reading Renato Orsato’s Sustainability Strategies which is also explained on SlideShare and on video Orsato produces a number of interesting case studies illustrating strategies (that is to say CHOICES) about how to compete on price, brand, … Continue reading
Porter’s Social Progress Index
Just been reading up a little on the Social Progress Index (SPI), particularly the useful details on the methodology. The SPI is composed of 3 dimensions, each of which is given a score baed on a basket of measures from reputable sources … Continue reading
Electric vs Conventional Vehicles
There has been a lot of noise about whether EVs are better than conventional vehicles from a lifecycle perspective (ie the battery manufacture and end of life). Now and again, someone makes a rather egregious claim misrepresenting an article such … Continue reading
Blogs as collaborative learning
I am currently preparing a TDF bid for the use of blogs as collaborative learning. To stop this post being just another distraction activity, I will post the general summary here. This is what we are after: Participative inquiry is … Continue reading