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Radio and TV veteran, Chuck Nice has a real passion for science communication and comedy – and means that technology should work for us, but what happens when it doesn’t? In this entertaining TED Video, he explores the unintended consequences of technological advancement and human interaction — with hilarious results.
It has been broadly accepted that the Chinese Yuan is undervalued. However, what remains to be established is how fast the yuan should appreciate in value. One way or another, this adjustment will have global implications. A sharp rise in China’s yuan currency might cut the U.S. trade deficit by up to one-third, as well…
The Economist reveals how new technologies are being used to extract bitumen from oil sands. In the face of one of the bleakest scenes of man-made destruction, being the strip mining of oil sands in the forests of Alberta, Canada – it is hardly surprising that environmental campaigners want to restrict or shut down the…
It’s January 2020. I have just made a pitch to the corporate big-wigs for a way to reduce their real-estate costs (premises including rent and utilities), their corporate travel costs, even their carbon footprint using the latest telephony and collaborative applications. I postulate that they will even see an increase in productivity while improving their…
Introduction: The authors were faced with a mounting problem: Sales forecasts were continuing to deteriorate and Corporate was mandating a traditional application of Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP). This application relied on forecasts and static data. Static data is sufficient where forecasts and run-rates are consistent, though that is simply not the case in the…
This is an except from Chapter-1, Introduction from my book, “The Simplicity of Lean”. Lean means many things to many people and its success or failure is important to a large number of stakeholders: customers, employees, management, shareholders, suppliers, and society as a whole. Is Lean a toolkit? Is it about cost saving? Is it…
What will the teardown of electric vehicles mean for the future of the mass market thereof? In this article, we describe success factors on the way to profitable serial production of EVs and discuss essential practices for paving the road toward the EV mass market. Read more
