Category: Innovation

Social Shangri-la

In recent months, I have been getting daily doses of déjà vu. When skimming through all my social media channels in the morning, I keep coming across the same articles, whether it is through my Facebook news feed, Twitter updates or YouTube channels. I also receive ‘Google Alerts’ emails which

Am I happy being a utility player?

‘Forget Cristiano Ronaldo, John O’Shea has been our best player this season, what an inspiration!’ (Sir Alex Ferguson). * It’s normally this time of year when I start to review what I have achieved in the last 12 months and attempt to update my CV with the  relevant detail. In

Riding the Rails

Last week I had to go to Kilkenny for the launch of a usability project I am involved in. I got the train before 8am and arrived just after 9am. That was the most complete hour of focus I have had in a long while. I know from trips to

The App Generation

I have been working in the Agri-IT sector for over a year now and have conducted deep research into the adoption of technology by the farming community. All avenues explored to accelerate the adoption of ICT lead to dead ends which I hypothesised in a previous post. I know that

Can Marketers Reach The ‘Digital Ostrich’?

After a recent reunion with college buddies, we were sitting around the next day recovering from the night before. The TV was on but with no sound and three of the guys sat with laptops on each of their laps. One of them called me over to view the latest

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

There were few established rock stars that survived the onslaught of punk. Of course the pantheon of the ‘rawk gawds’ and dinosaurs were kept in place; your Sones, the ‘orrible Who, Fleetwood Mac etc. survived and flourished due to the critical mass of fans achieved by the time punk erupted

Alignment of ICT Strategy and Business Processes is now critical for Irish SME’s

Introduction: The European Union Commission defines a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) as an enterprise that has fewer than 250 employees and which on its annual balance sheet does not exceed more than €43m. In Ireland, they account for 90% of organisations, of which 85% are seen as micro SMEs

Time to Reinvigorate and Innovate

‘Innovation is change that creates a new dimension of performance…the effort to create purposeful, focused change in an enterprise’s economic or social potential’ Peter Drucker – The Discipline of Innovation. The focus on innovations within individual firms can not take place out of the context of complex motivations that drive

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