tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.comments2012-04-27T09:09:25.858-04:00soulopinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886629582114328651noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-23428191347249093292012-04-24T14:42:39.051-04:002012-04-24T14:42:39.051-04:00First time I&#39;ve heard the term &quot;techno-utopian,&quot; but it captures nicely an idea I&#39;ve begun to explore on my own blog (to date, it&#39;s only 3 posts deep!). Thanks for sharing, I&#39;ll be stopping back regularly as I work to fill in my own vision of what&#39;s to come.treeismhttp://treeism.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-11172808928429934462010-03-05T12:07:42.111-05:002010-03-05T12:07:42.111-05:00Andres, first let me express joy and relief at the news that all of your family in Chile is well after the devastating earthquake. <br /><br />You make an important point in your blog that we that are close to the development and deployment of technology habitually miss. We are often blinded by the drive of commerce, to believing that commerce itself is the primary reason and beneficiary of these technologies. We even see these technologies as just profit drivers, and at times as enslaving and dehumanizing. Yet recent an experience show how these technologies can transcend seeking of profit to expand and invigorate human contact when is most needed... <br /><br />Recently a close friend closed his medical practice in Fairfax, VA for a few weeks to volunteer his services in a medical earthquake relive team in Haiti. During his time in Haiti he was overtaken by depression after he had to amputate a leg of three year old girl that had been entrusted to his care. All his experience and training as a military doctor and private practice could not prevent the sense of helplessness that felt after the operation. He simply broke down weeping and reached for his cell phone. My friend’s wife answer his call in Northern Virginia and join him in his weeping as he express what he was feeling. In the hour that follow his wife contact a number us, his closes friends, and each of us made contact, mostly messaging, with our friend. We express our sorrow for his experience but also our admiration for what he was doing, and our love for him as a friend. <br /><br />On Wednesday we celebrated the safe arrival of our friend from Haiti. He could not holdback his tears as he express unwarranted gratitude to us for those massages that make him felt love and when he needed it the most.<br /><br />On reading your blog I suddenly realized that without the technology that sometime we dread, it will have been impossible for us to reach out to our friend when he needed us the most.Jose Luis LLanahttp://www.avantsolv.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-31109170511727957542009-12-14T22:40:41.566-05:002009-12-14T22:40:41.566-05:00Thank you, Andres. Your post helps further describe the purpose for Disruptathon. (www.disruptathon.com). We tend to habituate where we go, who we read and what we do to experience new things and expand our thinking. But innovative thinking sparks when we go beyond the comfort zone and get into new space. I hope my events will always create a unique space where ideas get shared, hearts and minds connect and sparks fly. Not unlike Peter&#39;s Cafe on the Azores as noted in the Medici Effect. Ahhh, to be reading Daniel&#39;s new book in a small cafe in the Azores...Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10660868774354991904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-8512253335386112632009-12-10T13:41:06.687-05:002009-12-10T13:41:06.687-05:00Awesome mash-up. Next time, toss the new book (http://bit.ly/drivebook) into one of your mixes. I&#39;ll be curious what you discover.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Dan PinkDaniel Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02102307125292945458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-77619251007489556502009-11-14T14:25:54.007-05:002009-11-14T14:25:54.007-05:00Great post and I look forward to your future book. A couple good references for how damaging the standard corporate structure is to productivity and innovation are &quot;Management Rewired&quot; by Charles Jacobs and &quot;Primal Management&quot; by Paul Herr. Your notion is supported in these books and I like how you take it further by applying a social media connected society. The possibilities for accelerating innovation, increasing employee satisfaction and growing revenues through better products and services are endless.Pete Ericksonhttp://www.tech-frontiers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-74323640642231546562009-01-16T09:53:00.000-05:002009-01-16T09:53:00.000-05:00We work for and with each other. Put another way: It takes a village to...Scott L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-39738008581223787362008-12-18T18:11:00.000-05:002008-12-18T18:11:00.000-05:00Andres...we have been friends for a while now and you know how I feel about communication. It's everything!! And with innovation, often there are unclear objectives, leaving the participants to their own devices. Add a dash of cultural differences, a pinch of gender differences, and a healthy handful of experience differences, and you get life. <BR/><BR/>Ira Koretsky<BR/>The Chief Storyteller<BR/>www.thechiefstoryteller.comIra Koretskyhttp://www.thechiefstoryteller.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-6492743744312299122008-10-29T19:13:00.000-04:002008-10-29T19:13:00.000-04:00Andres, I like your suggestion of handing a product to a person and seeing what they do with it. This is a simple, safe way to see how people think. I sometimes use a more direct approach by asking the simple question: Do YOU know HOW to innovate? I follow this with: How? <BR/><BR/>I am going to enjoy reading your blog. Do you have RSS feed? <BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>Drew<BR/>www.innovationinpractice.comDrew Boydhttp://www.innovationinpractice.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-40066006387427986712008-10-11T12:28:00.000-04:002008-10-11T12:28:00.000-04:00My suggestion for a kinder gentler society:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_PathScott L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-15070862289139386762008-09-23T11:19:00.000-04:002008-09-23T11:19:00.000-04:00Hear, hear! Your post reminds me of the following:<BR/><BR/>"Bread and circuses" (or Bread and games) (from Latin: panem et circenses) is an ancient Roman metaphor for people choosing food and fun over freedom. It often appears in commentary that accuses people of giving up their civic duty and following whichever political leader offers to satisfy their decadent desires.<BR/><BR/>source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses<BR/><BR/>We have traded instant gratification for long-term vitality. Makes me wonder what sort of country we are leaving for kids...Scott L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-59834289536292164642008-09-23T09:08:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:08:00.000-04:00Amen, Brother. Let every American voter read these words and heed these words. We have let those men and women in Iraq and Afganistan down, we have created this financial mess and we will pay the price for failing to act wisely. I have looked in the mirror and do not like what I see - someone who has not attended a town council meeting and spends more time bitching and complaining than taking the slightest bit of action. I think I've gotten what I deserved, but I pledge to change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-7147723838830312342008-09-16T21:00:00.000-04:002008-09-16T21:00:00.000-04:00Great insight. Liked the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-38302580243546094552008-08-15T13:28:00.000-04:002008-08-15T13:28:00.000-04:00Very many good ideas. Oddly though, it seems like education ideas are slanted to elementary,high school and college students. Would be interested in thoughts about funding so that older individuals have access to educational opportunities because they are the ones who know what is needed to be learned due to experience. Think about how little a college education prepares anyone for the actual day-to-day operations of any business.Johnwww.essickwrite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-27632492220471004632008-06-18T09:37:00.000-04:002008-06-18T09:37:00.000-04:00hi Im Jaquilin, I would like you to becom my friend and exchange links with eahc other. This is my site www.jaquilin.blogspot.com.thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960486.post-32447709162906559462007-12-18T07:45:00.000-05:002007-12-18T07:45:00.000-05:00Very insightful observation of the human condition in modern society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com