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Peter Thiel, Scott Cook, and Elon Musk have all spoken out about why B-school grads hurt rather than help innovation. But is it really true? Source: www.inc.com The article makes the case that it’s important to make use of both traditional management (as learned via business schools) and entrepreneurial management (as learned via innovation schools).   While uncertainty is high there is benefit to a more entrepreneurial approach that makes use of experimentation, flat organizations, networks, iteration and flexibility. See on Scoop.it – Chaos and Uncertainty

Discuss this video: http://www.reddit.com/r/CGPGrey/comments/2dfh5v/humans_need_not_apply/ http://www.CGPGrey.com/ https://twitter.com/cgpgrey ## Robots, Etc… Source: www.youtube.com The news has been full of reports about robots and automation, and how computers are better and faster at doing many of our jobs. IBM’s Watson is assisting doctors in diagnosis, robots build our cars, Google’s self-driving cars, etc.   Daniel Pink, in his book A Whole New Mind, posits that work that demands human creativity will fair much better. His argument is that computers cannot replicate our innate ability to recognize patterns and generate novel ideas.   CGP Grey’s new video "Humans Need Not Apply" does a great…

See on Scoop.it – Film Futures Let’s create the kind of solid public support that makes cuts to the arts politically dangerous or, even better, unthinkable Zan Chandler‘s insight: While this is directed at the arts sector, I don’t think the cultural sector in Canada is immune, given the huge amount of government funding it receives.   If Plan A is for the cultural sector to provide better evidence to government of its value and impact, the author suggests a Plan B:   • Create relationships rather than transactions with their communities• Extend their reach and improve ratings – bums…

See on Scoop.it – Film Futures As part of the celebrations for Canada`s upcomming 150th birthday, the Canadian federal government has released its Digital Canada 150 strategy paper, and while it`s not all bad, at the same time there is not an awful lot to recommend it. Especially considering it was four years in the making. My sense is that its… Zan Chandler‘s insight: The Digital Canada 150 strategy reminds me an awful lot of Canada’s International Audiovisual Co-production Policy. A policy document that took forever to be released, said very little that was new or forward looking, and focused…

See on Scoop.it – Chaos and Uncertainty After years of emphasis being put on math and engineering degrees, here’s why English majors may be in high demand. Zan Chandler‘s insight: So the writing, communication, research and critical thinking and empathy skills of English majors are highly regarded by some businesses today. This is completely opposite to a post I read on LinkedIn this morning, which put humanities at the top of a list of useless degrees. Having degrees in linguistics, film and foresight, and not STEM education, I’d like to think I’d made good choices along the way. Trend and…

See on Scoop.it – Chaos and Uncertainty From law enforcement to online dating, the changes will be massive and unprecedented. Zan Chandler‘s insight: Some ideas that explore how “Google Glass” could have both positive and negative impacts on how we live our lives. See on www.policymic.com

See on Scoop.it – Chaos and Uncertainty The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds continued robust online growth. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and the Zan Chandler‘s insight: Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends slide deck has lots of information on trends that will likely shape the future of media consumption, business and society including: global internet usage behavioural changes with regard to tech sharing (photos, video, sound and data) mobile sector shifts from PC – smartphone – tablet – wearables, driveables, flyables, scannables internet entrepreneurs Immigration trends (specific to the US), metrics on…

See on Scoop.it – Chaos and Uncertainty We live in a time of great abundance and unparalleled possibilities fueled by exponential growth from the impact of technology. Our job at sparks & honey is to See on www.slideshare.net

See on Scoop.it – Film Futures Zan Chandler‘s insight: Shirky says it well: “Once you see this pattern—a new story rearranging people’s sense of the possible, with the incumbents the last to know—you see it everywhere. First, the people running the old system don’t notice the change. When they do, they assume it’s minor. Then that it’s a niche. Then a fad. And by the time they understand that the world has actually changed, they’ve squandered most of the time they had to adapt. It’s been interesting watching this unfold in music, books, newspapers, TV, but nothing has ever been…