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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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Blue Ocean Strategy has the ring of a concept shaped by technology. Before their book was published in 2005, the authors “studied over 150 strategic moves spanning more than 30 industries over 100 years.” Technology has opened protected space. Subspecialty groups are moving into the parent association’s territory.

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Why a Tech Association Merged With a Tech Incubator

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The Illinois Technology Association will join forces with 1871, a Chicago-area tech incubator that focuses on small companies. It’s not unheard of for technology incubators to work directly with associations to help build out new ideas. Together, the groups say, they create a full package to support the state’s tech sector.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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In 2005, when Highroad was one of the few virtual businesses, the concept raised some eyebrows. We produced virtual events–a first for many. We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. Commuting, excessive meetings, disruptions and office politics erode productivity.”

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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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The technology promises to upend the way business operates. The 4Cs or critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication complement technology and will serve any organization well in competitive markets. David Caruso, whose company Highroad Solutions has been a remote workplace since 2005, offered this example.

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November 1963 Through the Lens of the Internet Age

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But I’m gripped by a few thoughts on the difference today’s technology would have made if it had existed on that day in Dallas. Imagine that same scene today—so many current events are observed through the lens of the phone. In 2005, when Pope Benedict was announced, Vatican City was a sea of faces.

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The Cruft Challenge: When It’s Time to Disrupt Your Own Technology

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We all have software like United Airlines’ flight-tracking system, software that definitely needs the occasional upgrade, that is built from technology that predates some of your own employees. Is it a matter of embracing newer technologies, or getting rid of interfaces that simply complicate or confuse?

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Leadership Limerick: Time for.

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Any virtual event might also benefit from an in-person option, and any face-to-face meeting should explore how to incorporate virtual participation. As Harvard economist Ed Glaeser notes, "Communications technology and face-to-face interactions are complements like salt and pepper rather than substitutes like butter and margarine.”