Competing in a Connected World

Posted by  in July 19th, 2007  
Posted in: Entrepreneur, Foresight, Innovation, Life     Tags: , , , , , , ,

Do or die An enterprise can consider a few alternative pathways as to how they respond to the technology induced changes. The enterprise can decide to create waves by defining their own way to leverage the technologies. Another possibility is to ride the waves others have created. Or the enterprise can crash some waves. The [...]

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Thoughts on meaning of life after Burt Bacharach concert in Sydney on the 13th of July

Posted by  in July 16th, 2007  
Posted in: Life, Personal     Tags: , , , ,

The joy of being able to point to, easily, one’s life work There was no hesitation at the Sydney Concert Hall to give Burt Bacharach a standing ovation at the end of the concert on Friday. Thank you Burt for letting us sing along too. That was the hardest thing, staying mum when one knew [...]

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Fascinating changes in science – spiritual potential

Posted by  in April 26th, 2007  
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I visited Vancouver over the weekend of 19-21st of April. It was an Association of Professional Futurists conference, or rather a cozy get together among people who know each other more or less and who welcome a chance to mingle with colleagues. During this weekend, among many other fun and informative things, we did a [...]

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One mobile device or many mobile devices

Posted by  in April 26th, 2007  
Posted in: Innovation, Life     Tags: , , , , ,

Possible directions – one engine – many uses Will we have the ONE device, it opens the doors for us, it controls our home electronics, it acts as our entry to all portals, it is a personal hub for our real and virtual lives. Today we have a number of devices. Why? Well at least [...]

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Prosapience

Posted by  in April 26th, 2007  
Posted in: Foresight, Humanity, Life     Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Word for future human related foresight Over many years I have struggled with the words human, user, people, consumer as the category of foresight I am passionate about. I have used consumer foresight as I have practised within organisations, who eventually would like to see someone buying what they produce. It troubles me though. The [...]

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The impact of where you live…

Posted by  in February 10th, 2007  
Posted in: Humanity, Life     Tags:

I am interested in the many ways people seek for ‘home’ and a sense of belonging or seek for adventure and excitement in their lives through living in, at extremes, one place all their lives or at the other extreme for example in other people’s homes, moving around every 6-12 months. There are anecdotal articles, [...]

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A path to foresight profession

Posted by  in January 16th, 2007  
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Imagine the future, share the passion, interact with the likeminded and act to bring it about….. It is not a lighthouse it is a sunrise About a year ago I wrote a profile for the member area on the Association of Professional Futurists web-site. I have altered that text slightly to update any references to [...]

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The Secret

Posted by  in January 14th, 2007  
Posted in: Humanity, Life     Tags: , , , ,

I watched yesterday a documentary movie called ‘The Secret’ . It discusses the power of our minds and thoughts to bring about the realities we truly want. It is simple enough, if you want something very much, be it happiness, wealth, even health and you occupy your thoughts in a meaningful around the way in [...]

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Finnish Independence Day – 6th of December

Posted by  in December 6th, 2006  
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Not a bad day to start blogging. There is some meaning to this as I was born in Finland and my blog is called far other worlds…….and I live about as far away from Finland as one can get, in Sydney Australia.

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