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Tech Forecasting and Predictions – Self Blindness (5 of 7)
Reviewing past podcast tech forecast shows reveals that the hosts are very good at making predictions – but it was surprising to me that those who had domain expertise were less likely to make predictions about their area of expertise. … Continue reading
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Tech Forecasting and Predictions 2015 (4 of 7)
After listening to six years of tech prediction shows – it seemed only fair to add my own predictions based on industrial and slower moving technologies. I’m attempting to follow the rules as laid out by DTNS and the observations made … Continue reading
Posted in Aerospace, Business, Disruption, Methods, Theory, VC
Tagged DTNS, Forecast, future, Futurism, Podcast, Prediction, Tech Forecasting, technology
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Tech Forecasting: Comments on 6 Years of Forecasts (3 of 7)
Over six years of prediction shows, when the hosts were right, they were very right. When they were wrong, it was usually because they were too early or because of a surprise event in the area they were forecasting. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Disruption, Industry, Invention, Theory
Tagged DTNS, future, Futurist, futurology, Industry, Podcast, Podcasting, Tech Forecasting, technology, TNT
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Tech Forecasting: 6 years of DTNS / Tom Merritt Outlook (2 of 7)
“Whoever checks to see if these are right?” – Tom Merritt, 2014 / DTNS 2396 End of year tech podcasts are full of tech forecasts for the coming year. Looking back at six years of podcasts involving DTNS host Tom Merritt, … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual outlook, DTNS, Podcast, Tech Forecast, Tech Forecasting, Tech News Today, TNT, Tom Merritt
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DTNS 2397: Tech Forecasting for 2015 (1 of 7)
In the value-for-value world of DTNS, Patreon and Tom Merrit – I might not be the best contributor. Trying to think of ways to give back, I listened to the 2015 forecast show, DTNS 2397, that was published on December … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disruption, Innovation, Invention, Methods, Theory
Tagged 2014, 2015, DTNS, DTNS 2397, Forecast, Futurist, Jenny Josephson, Justin Robert Young, Patreon, Patrick Beja, Tech Forecasting, Tom Merritt, Year end
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Methods: To Do List
In June of 2015 I was overseas looking for 3″ x 5″ notecards – at the time they were the basis for my task tracking method. No luck. None were found. Finding the store shelves empty of the preferred method – I … Continue reading
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Tagged Action items, Best practices, Grid list, Notebook, Productivity, Rhodia, To do lists
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Methods: Notes in Meetings
In my first job I was handed a typical banker’s notebook and told that taking good notes was part of my job as an analyst. Exhaustive notes were important. Through promotions and a career switch to technology, those same notebooks … Continue reading
RTP Job Search 101: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, etc.
RTP is a great place to live and work – the region and economy are growing, work life balance is good and there are many top tier employers. Through Elmarco‘s work with the NC State University College of Textiles, Nonwovens … Continue reading
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Vendor Selection: What Works
The California DOT’s selection of a partnership with Fluor and Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (“ZPMC”) to build the new section of the Bay Bridge hasn’t gone well. It isn’t easy to chose the right partner for a unique project, … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital, Construction, Industrial, Industry, Infrastructure, Investment, Vendor Selection
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Vendor Selection: The Bay Bridge
Choosing the right vendor is never easy. The California Department of Transportation’s recent woes with the $2 Bn updated suspension span segment that was overseen by the US construction firm Fluor and physically built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. … Continue reading
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