June 17, 2013, Churchill Club, Santa Clara, CA—The Churchill Club held a panel session on economically disruptive technologies. Michael Chui from McKinsey distributed McKinsey’s report on disruptive technologies and noted the highlights. Panel members included Bill Reichert from garage Technology Ventures, Barry Schuler from DFJ Growth, and Hal Varian from Google. The report identified a…
March 6, 2012, Game Developers’ Conference, San Francisco—A panel looked at the various causes for product and company failures. The panelists described the many dysfunctional processes and functions that caused projects to falter. Jamie Cheng, Scott Anderson, Steve Swink, Amir Rao, Colin Northway, Ron Carmel comprised the panel. The contributors boiled down to two main…
November 3, 2011, International Gaming Innovation Conference, Orange, CA– Phaedra Boindiris from IBM described how serious games open new possibilities for business. Business functions and operations are like the Gordian Knot, a very complex and intertwined structure. Complex systems are the primary cause for contention in businesses. By changing the nature of interactions, companies can…
September 22, 2011, 3-D User Experience Technical Summit, Hollywood–Chris Haws, psychologist, filmmaker, and advisor to 3D@Home and the American Optometric Association talked about the movement of 3-D content into the classroom. The US is starting to address the changing landscape and recognize that 3-D content is more immersive than 2-D. The National Academy of Science…