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The New Polymath

BP CTO and innovative technology around the Gulf spill

BP CTO and innovative technology around the Gulf spill

By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 7, 2010

One of the most enjoyable case studies I wrote for the book was about the BP CTO group. It is a remarkable band of 12 professionals (yes, just 12) that has over the last decade pioneered – typically years ahead of mainstream adoption -the application of innovative technologies such as sensory networks and  predictive analytics […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged bp, deepwater horizon, environment, oil spill, The New Polymath | 1 Response

Polymaths see the bigger picture

Polymaths see the bigger picture

By Phil Wainewright on July 17, 2010

One of my big themes these days is to look at the huge opportunities available to businesses that transform their operations, cost base or market reach through their use of the cloud. So I’m looking forward to meeting up this week with my Enterprise Irregulars colleague Vinnie Mirchandani, whose new book is all about a […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business, Cloud Computing, eurocloud, innovation, polymath, The New Polymath, Vinnie Mirchandani

The New Polymath Wow Candidate Contest

The New Polymath Wow Candidate Contest

By Vinnie Mirchandani on July 12, 2010

Abbie Lundberg, former editor-in-chief at CIO magazine in her review of my book, The New Polymath called it a “veritable firehose of innovation examples”. The book covers wide innovation ground across industries, countries and technologies. 150…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, google, kindle, online shopping, polymath, The New Polymath

An Enterprise 2.0 Case Study: My Book

An Enterprise 2.0 Case Study: My Book

By Vinnie Mirchandani on July 5, 2010

At the E2.0 Boston conference I saw plenty of handwringing about the lack of successful practical examples around social computing. I can point to one – a personal example – over the last year how my book, The New Polymath has drawn on communitie…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged e20, Enterprise 2.0, Facebook, google, Marc Benioff, polymath, Social Media, The New Polymath | 2 Responses

No deal for the Deal Architect

No deal for the Deal Architect

By Vinnie Mirchandani on July 3, 2010

I felt like screaming like the man in the movie Godfather who wakes up to find the head of his horse, Khartoum in bed. I opened a package and all it had was a scalp – the top of a package I had sent a week ago with copies of my new book. On it wa…

Posted in Business | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, book pricing, polymath, The New Polymath

A car for the blind

A car for the blind

By Vinnie Mirchandani on July 2, 2010

In my new book in a chapter on interfaces I describe how the auto industry is years ahead of the software industry in non-keyboard, mouse driven user interfaces. Some of the haptic, audio and other interfaces have been adapted to a car for the blin…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Automobile, DARPA Grand Challenge, Homes, National Federation of the Blind, polymath, Smart Autos, Sports, technology, The New Polymath

Awesome press

Awesome press

By Vinnie Mirchandani on June 28, 2010

I am honored so many bloggers and technology writers who asked for advance copies of the book have written or allowed me to write columns/posts for their sites. The more mainstream and business press typically waits for hard copies and they have st…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged The New Polymath

The gift of a book

The gift of a book

By Vinnie Mirchandani on June 25, 2010

I have benefited from generosity of many, many in the research, interviewing, proofing, reviews, now marketing of the book. So, in turn I and others are turning around and giving back in several ways: I have had book drawings at Sapience Cologn…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged books, publishing, research, The New Polymath

An invigorating day with Talent Management executives

An invigorating day with Talent Management executives

By Vinnie Mirchandani on June 25, 2010

Readers know I like small, specialized services firms like appirio and Corefino. I have also been a fan of Knowledge Infusion and its work around talent management for a while, and yesterday that respect jumped multiple fold. Oh, they gave me a cha…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Appirio, corefino, Human resources, knowledge infusion, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Northrop Grumman, polymath, Six Sigma, Southwest Airlines, The New Polymath

Marc Benioff's inspiring foreword to the book

Marc Benioff’s inspiring foreword to the book

By Vinnie Mirchandani on June 23, 2010

As I listened to Marc’s presentation at the Cloudforce event in San Jose yesterday, I felt proud he wrote the foreword to my book. Not just any foreword, a really inspiring one – excerpts below and entire copy as attachment below My reasons for reaching out to him were simple. Marc is clearly a pioneer […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Marc Benioff, polymath, salesforce.com, The New Polymath | 1 Response

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