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TrendStop

TrendStop claims to be "the essential fashion trend decoder for fashion industry". Okay ... they are or they are not. Anyhow the idea of trendspotting and exploiting it this way is inspiring.  

Timeline Software for Mac OS X

Bee Docs Timeline illustrates how the timeline applications will develop. Their 3D option is a good idea (to respect context and detail) that needs further sophistication. But look at the platforms they are serving. Than: Imagine how important the context of time and the sequence of things are ...

TimeRime

I forecasted an intensified interest for timelines and the consequential development of timeline software. TimeRime Business Solutions shows an example which way it is developing. This software is already much better than everything released before. Mark my words: "It's only the beginning!" 

Liever dit

Heel apart die website van Liever. Mooi gemaakt. Maar nog mooier is het idee dat erachter zit. En het mooiste is het beeld van een aantal "Right brainers" in hartje Amsterdam die elkaar hebben gevonden en besloten om samen iets leuks te gaan doen met mooie dingen. En aan het menu te zien hebben ze plannen genoeg om hun systeem verder uit te rollen. 

Hoe staat uw branche ervoor?

Gratis brancherapporten vindt u bij ABN AMRO Sectoren.

Appreciative Inquiry

The Appreciative Inquiry Commons, a worldwide portal devoted to the fullest sharing of academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry and the rapidly growing discipline of positive change.

More on this:

• http://www.appreciative-inquiry.org/ or on
• http://www.gervasebushe.ca/appinq.htm and on
• http://www.positivechange.org/appreciative-inquiry.html

Appreciative Inquiry is the study and exploration of what gives life to human systems when they are at their best. It is an organization development methodology based on the assumption that inquiry into and dialogue about strengths, successes, values, hopes and dreams is itself transformational.

elearningpost

An interesting blog on elearning showed the way to an even more interesting article in which Cairo Walker from StepTwo Designs provides another perspective on managing intranets. He introduces the "hive" concept that explores the following in a two part article (part 1, part 2):

• Strategy - know where you are going
• Design - make it easier for staff
• Content - meet the business need
• Change and communications - inform and support everyone
• Technology - keep it all working
• Team - be effective

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Wheel of Evolutionary Fitness

"The practices and capabilities that determine our evolutionary fitness as individuals and communities, are in a dynamic process of co-evolution with each other. The better that you become in any one of them, the better you'll be in others, especially the ones closest to the practice area that you've just augmented. "
There is a lot of sense in the Wheel of Evolutionary Fitness but it comes with a lot of wishful thinking on the other pages of this website.

the futures-lab

Those who predict don't know ... Those who know don't predict. Nevertheless it's always interesting to see how some people see the future ... The futures lab is a medium for some braves violating above wise words.

Platform over management en ondernemen

Floor Management Netwerk biedt beknopte overzichten van management goeroes, wetmatigheden, jargon, tools en beschikbare literatuur. Handig en nuttig.