30 Oct
If there were any doubt, a recent piece in the Financial Times leaked a report (free reg req’d) from the International Energy Agency which says that global oil production is already decreasing.
I wrote about this over at the Business Catapult blog.
Dylan said it best,
the first one now will later be last
the present now will [...]
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24 Oct
It has been an exciting few weeks, with many high-end networking events in Boulder around sustainability, investing and clean tech. While the financial crisis remains in full swing, many investors, entrepreneurs and thought leaders are looking to the future and charting the course for the next phase in the Boulder / Colorado / U.S. economy.
Trustworthy [...]
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11 Oct
Blogged his interview with Charlie Rose over at Business Catapult blog.
Unique and interesting perspective. Check it.
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02 Oct
Well, it took me a while. I came off my game for almost two weeks.
But on a drive home from an inspiring meeting with Kevin (Johansen, my Business Catapult business partner and long time co-consipirator), I fully and completely transcended (and included, as the integral school teaches) the financial crisis. That is to say, the [...]
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29 Sep
You need to watch a video that captures, in just over five minutes, a strong analogy of the American mindset.
Last week, Steven Colbert had Cornell West on his show. It is an incredible interview. Two highly influential American change agents — each of whom has built an impactful and borderline absurd public persona — face [...]
Posted in Globalization by: Greg Berry
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27 Sep
I couldn’t be more excited about getting to work with AWhere on helping design a collective intelligence engine for the UN Foundation.
Here’s a recent two-part intervew I did at the AWhere Blog with UNF change agent Kevin Starace. In his words:
As chair of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Performance Subcommittee we’re mandated to help the [...]
Posted in Colorado Entrepreneurs, Data Visualization, Disruptive Technology, Globalization, Innovative Systems, Online Social Networks by: Greg Berry
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21 Sep
Over the years, I’ve done a lot of reading and thinking about what it means to have virtual countries, as an extension of virtual communities. I’ve investigated citizenship, legal and virtual, and have learned a lot about island nations, especially Sealand.
One of my current projects is designing a hybrid social network and media portal for [...]
Posted in Globalization by: Greg Berry
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12 Sep
My “new best friend” Anita Burke has sent me two pieces recently that demonstrate how quickly climate change is affecting business in financial and legal ways.
First, a court in the UK just exonerated protesters who caused $70,000 worth of damage to a coal plant, using a British legal tenet exemplified as “it’s OK to break [...]
Posted in Globalization, Sustainable Business by: Greg Berry
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05 Sep
It’s been a great summer over at AWhere, where breakthroughs in geo-analysis, location intelligence and busines map mashups have come one right after another.
CPG Vision lets category managers at consumer package goods companies visualize the entirety of their Retail Link data from WalMart, and correlate it with demographic data from Neilsen as well as weather [...]
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29 Jul
Theodore Geisel is one of the most influential post-war American writers.
He is the nuance…
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!
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