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Bohr’s Quadrant = basic researchEdison’s Quadrant = applied researchPasteur’s Quadrant = expands basic knowledge to meet societal needsDonald E. Stokes (Stanford), 1997https://hbr.org/2013/10/special-forces-innovation-how-darpa-attacks-problems/ar/

Bohr’s Quadrant = basic research
Edison’s Quadrant = applied research
Pasteur’s Quadrant = expands basic knowledge to meet societal needs
Donald E. Stokes (Stanford), 1997

https://hbr.org/2013/10/special-forces-innovation-how-darpa-attacks-problems/ar/

June 22, 2015 by Willy Braun
June 22, 2015 /Willy Braun
innovation, stokes
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“Oscar Wilde defined a sentimentalist as “one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it”
— Jon Elster
June 14, 2015 by Willy Braun
June 14, 2015 /Willy Braun
sentimentalist, elster, wilde
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“We project our expectations on the world and then claim that the world confirms and justifies our beliefs”
— Jon Elster
June 14, 2015 by Willy Braun
June 14, 2015 /Willy Braun
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“Nearly all the companies our grandparents admired have disappeared. Of the top 25 companies on the Fortune 500 in 1961, only 6 remain today.”
— http://firstround.com/review/The-Arc-of-Company-Life-and-How-to-Prolong-It/
June 13, 2015 by Willy Braun
June 13, 2015 /Willy Braun
innovation
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“In 1980, McKinsey & Company was commissioned by AT&T (whose Bell Labs had invented cellular telephony) to forecast cell phone penetration in the U.S. by 2000. The consultant’s prediction, 900,000 subscribers, was less than 1% of the actual figure, 109 Million. Based on this legendary mistake, AT&T decided there was not much future to these toys. A decade later, to rejoin the cellular market, AT&T had to acquire McCaw Cellular for $12.6 Billion. By 2011, the number of subscribers worldwide had surpassed 5 Billion and cellular communication had become an unprecedented technological revolution.”
— http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~alozano/innovation/
June 12, 2015 by Willy Braun
June 12, 2015 /Willy Braun
disruption, tam
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Tech deals: bubble or boom?

Tech deals: bubble or boom?

June 02, 2015 by Willy Braun
June 02, 2015 /Willy Braun
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“We would be cutting ourselves off from many insights if we ignored the mechanisms suggested by philosophy, fiction, plays, and poetry. If we neglect twenty-five centuries of reflection about mind, action, and interaction in favor of the last one hundred years or the last ten, we do so at our peril and our loss.”
— Explaining Social Behavior, Jon Elster (px)
May 31, 2015 by Willy Braun
May 31, 2015 /Willy Braun
behaviour, elster
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Megatrends (& key sectors) identified by #Eurazeosource : http://fr.slideshare.net/Eurazeo/rsultats-semestriels-2014-1st-half-2014-results

Megatrends (& key sectors) identified by #Eurazeo

source : http://fr.slideshare.net/Eurazeo/rsultats-semestriels-2014-1st-half-2014-results

May 17, 2015 by Willy Braun
May 17, 2015 /Willy Braun
megatrends, mega, trends, data, eurazeo
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May 17, 2015 by Willy Braun

5 megatrends identified by #PwC 

source : http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/corporate-governance/publications/assets/pwc-corporate-goverance-directors-megatrends.pdf

May 17, 2015 /Willy Braun
megatrends, mega trends, data, pwc
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2030: 8.3B people on Earth.Needs: +50% energy, +40% water, +35% food

2030: 8.3B people on Earth.
Needs: +50% energy, +40% water, +35% food

May 17, 2015 by Willy Braun
May 17, 2015 /Willy Braun
pwc, food, energy, water, data
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“In the 1950s, less than 30% of the world’s population lived in cities. Currently, that proportion has risen to 50% and, by 2030, the UN projects that some 4.9 billion people will be urban dwellers. By 2015, the UN estimates that there will be 22 me…

“In the 1950s, less than 30% of the world’s population lived in cities. Currently, that proportion has risen to 50% and, by 2030, the UN projects that some 4.9 billion people will be urban dwellers. By 2015, the UN estimates that there will be 22 mega-cities—those with populations of 10 million or more—with 17 located in developing economies. By 2050, the world’s urban population will have increased by some 72%”

May 17, 2015 by Willy Braun
May 17, 2015 /Willy Braun
urbanism, data, pwc
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2000: 10% of the global population are aged 60+2050: 21%.#winteriscoming

2000: 10% of the global population are aged 60+
2050: 21%.
#winteriscoming

May 17, 2015 by Willy Braun
May 17, 2015 /Willy Braun
age, data
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May 17, 2015 by Willy Braun

European HNWI (people w/ >1M€) allocate 10 points more to real estate than their North American counterparts.

Said differently, North American HNWI allocate 10 points more to equity than their European counterparts.

May 17, 2015 /Willy Braun
hnwi, real estate, equity
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explore-blog:

Einstein, Gödel, and Our Strange Experience of Time – absolutely fascinating read by philosopher Rebecca Goldstein on how relativity theory challenged our intuitive understanding of time as a subjective experience. 

explore-blog:

Einstein, Gödel, and Our Strange Experience of Time – absolutely fascinating read by philosopher Rebecca Goldstein on how relativity theory challenged our intuitive understanding of time as a subjective experience. 

May 08, 2015 by Willy Braun
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C'est l'inauguration du #bpifrancehub

C'est l'inauguration du #bpifrancehub

April 23, 2015 by Willy Braun
April 23, 2015 /Willy Braun
bpifrancehub
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Vivre de mort,  mourir de vie. Heraclite par Morin

Vivre de mort, mourir de vie. Heraclite par Morin

April 06, 2015 by Willy Braun
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“Et par contre, si je communique à mes hommes l’amour de la marche sur la mer, et que chacun d’eux soit ainsi en pente à cause d’un poids dans le cœur, alors tu les verras bientôt se diversifier selon leurs mille qualités particulières. Celui-là tissera des toiles, l’autre dans la forêt par l’éclair de sa hache couchera l’arbre. L’autre, encore, forgera des clous, et il en sera quelque part qui observeront les étoiles afin d’apprendre à gouverner. Et tous cependant ne seront qu’un. Créer le navire ce n’est point tisser les toiles, forger les clous, lire les astres, mais bien donner le goût de la mer qui est un, et à la lumière duquel il n’est plus rien qui soit contradictoire mais communauté dans l’amour.
C’est pourquoi toujours je collabore, ouvrant les bras à mes ennemis pour qu’ils m’augmentent, sachant qu’il est une altitude d’où le combat me ressemblerait à l’amour.
Créer le navire, ce n’est point le prévoir en détail. Car si je bâtis les plans du navire, à moi tout seul, dans sa diversité, je ne saisirai rien qui vaille la peine. Tout se modifiera en venant au jour et d’autres que moi peuvent s’employer à ces inventions. Je n’ai point à connaître chaque clou du navire. Mais je dois apporter aux hommes la pente vers la mer.”
— Citadelle, Saint Exupery, LXXV
April 06, 2015 by Willy Braun
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saint exupery, citadelle
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“Mais j’ai aussi compris, ce qui m’avait toujours étonné : pourquoi Platon (ou Aristote ?) place le courage au dernier rang des vertus. Ce n’est pas fait de bien beaux sentiments : un peu de rage, un peu de vanité, beaucoup d’entêtement et un plaisir sportif vulgaire.”
— Extrait d'une lettre de Saint-Exupéry à André Gide, citée dans sa préface à Vol de nuit.
April 06, 2015 by Willy Braun
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saint-exupery, courage
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“Je ne peux pas concevoir le tout sans concevoir les parties et je ne peux pas concevoir les parties sans concevoir le tout.”
— Blaise Pascal, Pensées
March 31, 2015 by Willy Braun
March 31, 2015 /Willy Braun
Blaise Pascal, Pascal, Pensées
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“L’ordre et le désordre sont deux ennemis : l’un supprime l’autre, mais en même temps, dans certains cas, ils collaborent et produisent de l’organisation et de la complexité. Le principe dialogique nous permet de maintenir la dualité au sein de l’unité. Il associe deux termes à la fois complémentaires et antagonistes.”
—  Edgar Morin, Introduction à la pensée complexe
March 30, 2015 by Willy Braun
March 30, 2015 /Willy Braun
morin, complexité, dialogique
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