E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

In the age of mass production there were colleges and schools and Universities. They fed people data and trained them to conform and regurgitate the right answers.
This simply will not be enough in the world of rapid change that is being brought to us by mass customization technologies. But like during the last transition, educational [...]

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Today I was reading a 1960s satire by Marty Larny from Finland and was struck by an interesting dialog that seemed to resonate with me.
Minister of Interior: He is a team player.
President: So, in other words this man is incapable of original thought.
Now, mind you I have no problems with people who get a long [...]

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It seems to be one of the most common answers among my business students to the question of what they would like to do. The phenomenon seems to transcend cultures and educational institutions. Just about a week ago, while guest speaking at a UW-Milwaukee where I have never taught before, I got to witness an [...]

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There is no doubt in my mind that large gobs of revenue can cover multitudes of sins and give an organization much needed cash. All I ask is at what price. I realize that everyone is looking around today’s business landscape is saying any paying customer is precious. But are they? My experience is that [...]

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The world is changing ever more rapidly. With 3D Printers and 3D Scanners for under a $1000 available from http://www.makerbot.com/ and MIT open sourcing their entire curriculum at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm there is no denying that the world is changing at an ever increasing pace.
With the ability to ship designs via Internet rather then product via mail [...]

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