Recently at an AITP ( Association of Information Technology Professionals) interest group meeting it was my good fortune to meet Dr. Phil Shelley, Founder and President of DataMetica who had held the Chief Technology Officer role as Sears just a few years ago. He had pioneered the Hadoop movement there where it has evolved […]
Many corporate innovation efforts suffer from a subtle defect: two competing innovation agendas that fight for control. In most cases, the problem is never detected, and no one is to blame. Yet a two-track innovation agenda is among the most reliable killers of well-intentioned innovation programs. Two real-world cases are instructive: An international food-service […]
EN will the yuan rival the dollar? Many in China think it only a matter of time. Chen Yulu, a leading economist, says it will take 15 years. Wei Jianguo, deputy head of a major think-tank, puts it at 20. Officials are more circumspect: currency internationalisation will be a long process, its pace determined […]