Bryan O’Rourke shares his thoughts on technology, business, and consumer trends in health, fitness and more.
Anticipation around Apple's upcoming tablet product is heating up. The creation of netbooks and powerful mobile devices are eroding margins in PC's and Apple is trying to figure out what white space it can attack to maintain its high end margin. The reason being that mobility, as video, is THE growth market for computing devices. See the review of the market and Apple's tablet from Scot Moritz below.
Yesterday a colleague shared the observation that the term "systems" is being increasingly heard as a negative in the marketplace by prospective buyers. The context of our discussion was the fitness industry and how buyers perceive terms or words. This led to my thinking about communication and the often misunderstood Mehrabian Myth, 7% of communication is derived from words, 55% body language and 38% via tone. As my friend pointed out, words do matter and this video brings the point of what Mehrabian's findings really meant.
Game theory is applied mathematics enabling an evaluation of strategic decisions. Win loose or Win Win: its a choice based on our beliefs and the perceived nature of our relationships. As the networks of interdependence within and beyond communities and nations get more complex, the more enlightened people are forced in their own interests to find non-zero-sum solutions. That is, win-win solutions instead of win-lose solutions. In leadership the measure of success is not so much whether you won at anothers expense, but whether you got what you wanted because you enabled other people to achieve their dreams and to do what they want. Learn more about how the Non Zero solution is key to traversing enormous revolutionary change. If your relationships are not based on Non Zero sums they cannot be productive long term in this day and age. Watch Clinton's brief talk about this reality in todays world.
Author, blogger and editor Robert Wright draws from multiple disciplines, including science, religion, history and politics, in his search for strategic perspectives on today's problems, particularly terrorism, while offering hope for where humanity could be headed. A Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, Wright also hosts an interview series with celebrated thinkers at Meaningoflifetv.com and Bloggingheads.tv . Read his latest book Evolution of God where the basis is formed for an understanding of what makes people tick and where human spirituality will likely evolve from here to the future. You can see his hour long lecture at Google Talks on the book, or watch this brief description of the book on the video below for more information.
Various automakers, futurists and technologists give their views on what travel will be like in 80 years time.
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