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Why Do We Have to "Innovate"?
In Innovation Policy + Deficit Reduction = Politics As Usual? I described some of the policy debates concerning the appropriate role of the Federal government in promoting the types of innovation that can eventually simulate the U.S. economy and U.S. employment. There are many different practical, political, and philosophical issues involved in these debates that seem, to me, to boil down to basic and longstanding disagreements about the roles of the Federal government and the private sector.
Six Ways Local Governments Can Use Social Media to Promote Energy Conservation
Here are six ways local governments can use social media to help promote energy conservation. If you think of more please comment below this post or send an email to ddmcd@yahoo.com:
Using Grassroots "Collaboration" to Promote Local Energy Conservation
This post discusses how social networking can be used to help promote local energy conservation.
Can Social Media Help Driving-based Tourism When Gas Prices Rise?
What happens to driving-based tourism when gas prices rise?
Incorporating Social Networking Systems with Mergers & Acquisition Planning
In 2003 I published an article titled Mergers & Acquisitions: What Executives Should Know about I.T. It was based on management experiences I had on a multi-year post-merger project that consolidated the data and software of two large public energy utilities.
The "Who" and "What" of Technological Illiteracy
Definitely worth listening to is Command Line’s December 19 podcast technological illiteracy among our leaders. His theme: we need to do something about the lack of knowledge our leaders have of how technology operates and impacts our lives.
Using Social Networking to Support Local Energy Management and Conservation
Thanks to Brian Magierski via a Twitter message I found out about a ZDNet video interview with Pat Lawicki, the CIO of PG&E in San Francisco. Pat is a former client of mine from when she was the CIO at the energy utility NiSource.
Dow Chemical CEO's Speech on National Manufacturing Policy
On C-SPAN Radio over the weekend I heard an interesting speech given by the CEO of Dow Chemical titled Energy, Manufacturing and the Future of the American Economy.
Web 2.0 and the Manhattan Project
While listening to a podcast of a recent interview with Richard Rhodes, author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, I was struck by the question, “What if the Manhattan Project had been conducted using the collaborative and social networking tools we now have?”