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Posted in philosophy on Nov 8th, 2009
- - - - Pain-free animals could take suffering out of farming, NewScientist – - - - Our daily bread documentary. Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming! – - - - Is this post about art, innovation, governance or philosophy? I let you decide…
Posted in philosophy, strategy on Aug 18th, 2009
Two unique events about political philosophy are starting this September: The Paris freedom fest 2009 (mostly in English with some lectures in French) and the Philo and Management 2009 – 2010 seminars in Brussels (French only). Even if the two events are based on very different approaches and might actually follow two opposite directions, they [...]
Posted in philosophy on Apr 14th, 2009
I’ve read recently the excellent book from Jay Winter “Dreams of Peace and Freedom – Utopian Moments in the 20th Century“. It is part of my curatorial homework for the exhibition “Living the Dream of Modernity” that I’m preparing to launch very soon. Here is a summary. Mr. Winter understands utopia as a discourse in [...]
Posted in strategy on Mar 17th, 2009
Both crowdsourcing and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are fashionable these days. Here is their definition: “Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.” Somehow dubious video from the [...]
Posted in strategy on Feb 25th, 2009
I was at the World Mobile Congress last week and I wondered, what are the key players in the mobile? Not that I don’t know already this industry, it is my day job. The most wealthy companies are for sure the network operators and the mobile manufacturers (e.g. Vodafone, Nokia). The ones getting the most [...]
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