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MAYBE it’s no surprise that a yellow-brick road winds through the Googleplex.

Google Course Asks Employees to Take a Deep Breath

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/technology/google-course-asks-employees-to-take-a-deep-breath.html?pagewanted=all
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Twenty-first Century Leadership: Employees First

http://www.business2community.com/leadership/twenty-first-century-leadership-employees-first-0216224

How The Chopras Are Creating A New Social Network Of Enlightenment

http://www.fastcocreate.com/1681002/how-the-chopras-are-creating-a-new-social-network-of-enlightenment For Mallika Chopra, living with intent is as natural as breathing.

The New Rules Of Innovation: Bottom-Up Solutions To Top-Down Problems

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679493/the-new-rules-of-innovation-bottom-up-solutions-to-top-down-problems The world is currently standing “on the cusp of a post-industrial revolution.”
http://blog.longnow.org/02012/01/24/envisioning-the-future-of-technology/

» Envisioning the Future of Technology

January 24th, 02012 by Alex Mensing Long Now Research Fellow Stuart Candy brought to our attention this visualization, which shows projections of what sorts of technologies will be available in the future, how soon, and how important they will be. It was created by London-based designer Michell Zappa , who leads a ‘technological trend bureau’ called Envisioning Technology.
The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery Presenting the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of data-intensive science Increasingly, scientific breakthroughs will be powered by advanced computing capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive datasets. The speed at which any given scientific discipline advances will depend on how well its researchers collaborate with one another, and with technologists, in areas of eScience such as databases, workflow management, visualization, and cloud computing technologies. In The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery , the collection of essays expands on the vision of pioneering computer scientist Jim Gray for a new, fourth paradigm of discovery based on data-intensive science and offers insights into how it can be fully realized. From the Back Cover

The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/
http://www.15inno.com/2010/06/06/pgfuture/

P&G and the Future of (Open) Innovation

In this post, I am pleased to be able to share some insights on what Chris Thoen , Managing Director of Open Innovation at P&G believes will drive and/or impact the future of (open) innovation. Developing regions: There will be a tremendous amount of innovation in and from developing regions which is driven by population as well as capability growth in countries such as India, China and Brazil. Consumers/communities: Innovation will be driven by consumers and communities with the keywords being co-creation, “wisdom of crowds”, crowdsourcing and social media.