We are all in the midst of not one but several waves of disruption.
There are many forces at play. When these forces intersect, they multiply. When they multiply, they change everything exponentially. And after that there’s no stopping.
All in Big Ideas
How to cannibalize your job and make friends with a machine
Instead of waiting for a machine to come after you, it’s better that you steadily kill your job yourself. And invite the machine to takeover.
Uber and Lyft ride into healthcare. What to expect (and what not to)
Here's the premise.
36 million American patients miss their medical appointments. If only they had a ride waiting outside, they'd make it to the doctor's office.
The mask of schmooze
The internship seeking period during MBA education is one of the most confusing. Jungle wisdom says that you got to network. Listen attentively. Be silver-tongued. Schmooze they say.
Experiments in tribe building
In 2011, Ivan Owen created a puppet-hand to attend a steampunk convention. Seeing his video on YouTube, Richard a carpenter from South Africa wrote him an email. Richard had lost his fingers and was interested in collaborating to create an artificial hand for himself.
Pause before the year ends...for yourself and your team
In that period between end-and-beginning, there's a chance to shift gears. To progress in the direction that we want to. Individually and organizationally.
Welcome to the age of collective soul-searching
Don't you sense a shift in people's expectations from their careers (and life)? Consider these observations that seem to be happening with greater frequency.
Product development without drama (but first the mistakes)
It was exciting to see Dr. G at work. Patient after patient. Using our baby to go about his day. Yes, we had made life easy through our product. Innovated where it mattered.
Loss of intuition in healthcare
There's a question that'll help patients find their own answers. It'll also help doctors understand them more spatially (meaning, getting a more complete picture).
Building something? Careful down that rabbit hole
Digging a well in many places never yields water. You’ll only end up with a hole here and a hole there. Never going deep enough.
Workplace happiness: Real or myth? (4 lessons)
Back in 6th century BCE, Buddha meditated under a Bodhi tree to find answers to happiness and misery. Today, we can also look at data to find those answers.
Global convergence in the future of healthcare. Are you ready?
This wasn't the usual South African clinic.
We were inside a high security prison for illegal immigrants. On the outskirts of Johannesburg.