Weather Control Sociotechnical Plan This is a video summary of a plan I put together for a potential future innovation: Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.
Innovation and Failure Innovation is important to society, routinely improving quality of life. Many innovations that seem like good ideas often fail to gain momentum. Innovative products can fail for the most seemingly apparent reasons, reminding us that innovation alone does not guarantee success. Market demand, price point, and other factors can overshadow
Serendipity, Errors, and Exaptation Definition - Serendipity Serendipity is discovering something when you are not seeking out the discovery. Serendipity is typically described as stumbling across something unexpected. Definition - Errors Discovery through errors is when a mistake leads to something new and interesting. This can seem somewhat related to serendipity, but I differentiate
Blockbuster Video - Failure of Traditional Forecasting Introduction From the 1990s to the early 2000s, Blockbuster Video was America's primary movie video rental location. The revolutionary way Blockbuster organized film genres was vital, with isles of movies to choose from and bring to the counter for rental. Blockbuster located its stores strategically to make it easy for
Sociotechnical Plans for Education Introduction This post reviews Affectibility in educational technologies: A socio-technical perspective for design, a Journal article from the Journal Of Educational Technology & Society, which describes a qualitative study completed in a Brazilian public elementary school where technology is introduced to the school (Hayashi & Baranauskas, 2013). What is a Sociotechnical plan?
Forecasting and Innovation in Business Businesses continuously need to innovate and attempt to figure out what the future holds. Some predictions are well before their time and come to fruition. Kevin Ashton's 1999 "Internet of Things" prediction came true, significantly impacting our daily lives (History of Information, n.d.). The Internet of Things The Internet
Scenario Planning versus Traditional Forecasting Scenario planning and traditional forecasting are different ways to manage potential future events. These approaches use different approaches to try to essentially predict the future, which is difficult given the uncertainties we face. Traditional Forecasting Traditional forecasting is a quantitative approach that uses historical models to extrapolate into the future
Accidental Game-Changing Discoveries Accidental Game-Changing Discoveries Discovery 1 - Laminated Safety Glass Laminated safety glass was discovered by accident when Edouard Benedictus dropped a flask and observed that it did not shatter as it would typically (Ewing, 1936). Upon further investigation, he noticed that the flask held a strongly adhered film of evaporated
Group Decision-Making "Decision Making" by SimonDoggett is licensed under CC BY 2.0 . The Delphi Method The Deplhi method is an iterative group decision-making approach that anonymously collects data from expert participants (Gordon, 1994). The experts are given initial questions to consider on a particular topic of interest. The responses are then
Introductory Post About Me Hello! My name is Dave, and I am a Doctor of Computer Science student at Colorado Technical University. I have a BS in Computer Science, an MBA, and a Master's in Computer Science with a Data Science concentration. I've worked as a Principal Systems Engineer for a satellite
